Navigators of Dune
Book Three of the Schools of Dune Trilogy
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4.4 • 177 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Navigators of Dune is the climactic finale of the Great Schools of Dune trilogy, set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert's classic Dune.
The story line tells the origins of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood and its breeding program, the human-computer Mentats, and the Navigators (the Spacing Guild), as well as a crucial battle for the future of the human race, in which reason faces off against fanaticism. These events have far-reaching consequences that will set the stage for Dune, millennia later.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this campy finale to Herbert and Anderson's prequel trilogy, set 10,000 years before the start of Frank Herbert's Dune, the players clash in battle over control of the galaxy-wide Imperium. The authors set up a power-play scenario that now feels quite familiar: Emperor Roderick of the Imperium faces off against the Stalinesque entrepreneur Josef Venport; Manford Torondo, head of the fanatical Butlerians; and Valya Harkonnen, Mother Superior of the powerful Sisterhood. Meanwhile, House Atreides and House Harkonnen continue their blood feud, while cyborgs called Navigators exert strong influence over the galaxy's fate. The bad guys are deliciously evil, there's a dollop of an improbable but operatic love story, and destruction occurs on an epic scale as nothing less than the galaxy's fate is at stake. Readers shouldn't expect nuanced characters, dialogue, or prose, and the story is slow to get off the ground, but once it's going, it concludes with a bang that's likely to satisfy fans. Naturally, the story leaves the door open for a sequel.
Customer Reviews
Excellent closing
This is a great trilogy, perfect start for those who are excited about the Dune Universe, and a prequel to the series now in Max. Enjoy the read!
Enjoyed it immensely
This book had a lot of twists and turns-all the familiar characters were there. I spent a lot of nights up late reading. I can't wait for the next book!
Good story; Delivery Simplistic
There seems little evidence of the influence of Kevin Anderson in this book. The delivery is not sophisticated and leaves nothing to our own intellect. This is not the best book of the series which I loved.