Hunters of Dune Hunters of Dune

Publisher Description

Book One in the classic conclusion to Frank Herbert's worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles

Hunters of Dune
and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit box for a decade, these two volumes will finally answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades.

At the end of Chapterhouse: Dune--Frank Herbert's final novel--a ship carrying the ghola of Duncan Idaho, Sheeana (a young woman who can control sandworms), and a crew of various refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from the monstrous Honored Matres, dark counterparts to the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The nearly invincible Honored Matres have swarmed into the known universe, driven from their home by a terrifying, mysterious Enemy.

As designed by the creative genius of Frank Herbert, the primary story of Hunters and Sandworms is the exotic odyssey of Duncan's no-ship as it is forced to elude the diabolical traps set by the ferocious, unknown Enemy. To strengthen their forces, the fugitives have used genetic technology from Scytale, the last Tleilaxu Master, to revive key figures from Dune's past—including Paul Muad'Dib and his beloved Chani, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Thufir Hawat, and even Dr. Wellington Yueh. Each of these characters will use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them.

Failure is unthinkable--not only is their survival at stake, but they hold the fate of the entire human race in their hands.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2006
October 17
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
528
Pages
PUBLISHER
Tor Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
1.3
MB

Customer Reviews

KR00PS ,

Formulaic

It’s not up to the quality of the Frank Herbert books, but worth it if you want to see Frank Herbert’s outline for the last two novels fleshed out.

Noy_Cohen ,

Avoid! Don't let it ruin the great Dune series...

This book is simply embarrassing. I read all 6 books in the Dune series more than once and this one is not worthy to be considered one of them. Actually, it is not even worthy to be considered science fiction.
Frank Herbert's Dune series is unique among SciFi books in that it challenges the reader to think, to read the same paragraph twice or more in order to grasp deep ideas, to look up concepts and read history and science in order to truly understand it. It is meant for thinking people and this is the secret behind its success.
This book however, is simply bad in so many ways. Brian Herbert simply ruins all the magic of Dune. Reading it, I keep thinking to myself - "a Reverend mother doesn't talk like that", or "this is so uncharacteristic of Miles Teg - how can he do such a thing?!".
I seriously doubt it was written after a manuscript left by FH, sounds like a cheap PR trick to make people buy the book. It should not be considered part of the Dune series. If you want to keep that amazing feeling after finishing Chapterhouse, that feeling that says "I've just finished a great book that will remain in my thoughts for a long time" do yourself a big favor and DON'T read this one.
Were Frank Herbert alive today, he would've been ashamed this book is called Dune.

Randall E Williams ,

Poorly written. For 5th graders at best..

Been reading this for a couple days. Just finished Chapterhouse.
This book is totally eclipsed by every other book in the series by Frank Herbert. It pales in comparison. Elementary level of writing with very poor pacing and dialogue. Even not comparing it to the books before it in the series, this book is awful. I don't even want to finish it despite the fact that I'm half way through. RIP Frank Herbert. Only read if you REALLY must know the end to the series... Which I don't believe is truly what Herbert was envisioning.

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