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House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3)
House Corrino - Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3 Author:Brian Herbert, Kevin Anderson The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history! — — In Dune: House Corrino Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in Dune: House Atreides and continued in Dune: House Harkonnen. — Here nobles and commoners, soldie... more »rs and slaves, wives and courtesans shape the amazing destiny of a tumultuous universe. An epic saga of love and war, crime and politics, religion and revolution, this magnificent novel is a fitting conclusion to a great science fiction trilogy ... and an invaluable addition to the thrilling world of Frank Herbert’s immortal Dune.
Dune: House Corrino
Fearful of losing his precarious hold on the Golden Lion Throne, Shaddam IV, Emperor of a Million Worlds, has devised a radical scheme to develop an alternative to melange, the addictive spice that binds the Imperium together and that can be found only on the desert world of Dune.
In subterranean labs on the machine planet Ix, cruel Tleilaxu overlords use slaves and prisoners as part of a horrific plan to manufacture a synthetic form of melange known as amal. If amal can supplant the spice from Dune, it will give Shaddam what he seeks: absolute power.
But Duke Leto Atreides, grief-stricken yet unbowed by the tragic death of his son Victor, determined to restore the honor and prestige of his House, has his own plans for Ix.
He will free the Ixians from their oppressive conquerors and restore his friend Prince Rhombur, injured scion of the disgraced House Vernius, to his rightful place as Ixian ruler. It is a bold and risky venture, for House Atreides has limited military resources and many ruthless enemies, including the sadistic Baron Harkonnen, despotic master of Dune.
Meanwhile, Duke Leto’s consort, the beautiful Lady Jessica, obeying the orders of her superiors in the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, has conceived a child that the Sisterhood intends to be the penultimate step in the creation of an all-powerful being. Yet what the Sisterhood doesn’t know is that the child Jessica is carrying is not the girl they are expecting, but a boy.
Jessica’s act of disobedience is an act of love — her attempt to provide her Duke with a male heir to House Atreides — but an act that, when discovered, could kill both mother and baby.
Like the Bene Gesserit, Shaddam Corrino is also concerned with making a plan for the future — securing his legacy. Blinded by his need for power, the Emperor will launch a plot against Dune, the only natural source of true spice. If he succeeds, his madness will result in a cataclysmic tragedy not even he foresees: the end of space travel, the Imperium, and civilization itself.
With Duke Leto and other renegades and revolutionaries fighting to stem the tide of darkness that threatens to engulf their universe, the stage is set for a showdown unlike any seen before.
Excellent book by Frank Herbert's successor: his son. This is part of the prequel series. Although it focuses on the royal house, other history is included. Although well-written in its own right, it's flavor is slightly different from Frank's writing.
Bobbie H. (BobbieH) reviewed House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3) on
One of the Dune series prequels, this one takes place during Duke Leto's plans to free Ix. Lady Jessica has just become pregnant with a boy, and the Emperor is plotting against Dune. A good read for those who have read the Dune books, not a good introduction to the series as a whole. Start with the originals, then branch out.
Solomon R. reviewed House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3) on
I'm sure we're all aware of books and movies that are part of a series that are'nt able to stand alone (they need the other books or movies to make the story make sense) and while this book is like that, I do recomend this book.
I'm a huge fan of the DUNE book series (and while brian herbert's additions don't compare to Frank's) I do welcome any addition to the dune story because I like the story and established characters....If you don't want to buy the whole Dune series, you should at least get Frank Herberts stories.
I do like this series of books but it seems like the "good" characters are almost too "good", and the "bad" characters leave no question whatsoever that they are bad.
As long as I'm including the discription of other books will say that in "The Machine Crusade" book there is a part about an asteroid-like space ship that is too much like an idea that Canderous describes in "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" and there was also a Star Wars book that Kevin Anderson worked on that has the asteroid space ship with the same projectile weapons as described in that Dune book.
That said, the stories are entertaining and I look forward to the new movie adaptation that is coming out soon, even though from what I've heard, it is supposed to be Another Movie version of Frank Herberts 1st Dune story (even though there has already been 2) the sci-fi channel did a decent adaptation of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune meshed together to make the "Children of Dune" mini-series so we already have that stuff on DVD, and while David Lynch's version was only loosely based on the book, the sci-fi channels version was as close to the book as film and CG would allow, so I think the next step is to make a film version of "God Emperor of Dune", Heretics", and then "Chapterhouse", and maybe even "Hunters" and "Sandworms" if they still have enough money and the studio is still willing to invest in a worthy project.....It boggles the mind how "Ernest" was able to repeatedly get the movie studio's to back his projects, but the best selling science fiction series of books, of all time, can only get studio's behind the introduction story.
