Navigators of Dune

Format:

Book

Title:

Navigators of Dune

Author:

Herbert, Brian author

ISBN:

9780765381255

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Tor, [2016]

Physical Description:

412 pages ; 25 cm.

Series title(s):

Great Schools of Dune ;

Number in series:

BK. 3.

General Note:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Summary:

In a story set 10,000 years before the classic Dune, we discover the origins of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood and its breeding program, the human-computer Mentats, and the Navigators (the Spacing Guild). Roderick Corrino is forced to take the throne after the assassination of his brother. He knows that the Navigators are the key to charting a glorious future for humanity ... or the end of civilization.

Subject(s):

Dune (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.

Life on other planets -- Fiction.

Genre:

Science fiction, American.

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Added Author:

Anderson, Kevin J., 1962-

Holds:

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Summary

A New York Times bestseller, 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.

Author Notes

Brian Herbert is an author and the son of Frank Herbert, the creator of the Dune series.

Brian Herbert has had several stand-alone novels published but he is perhaps most well-known for his books that expand on his father's Dune novels. Written with author Kevin J. Anderson, these novels have been commercially successful and generally well received by the public.

Brian Herbert is the co-author of the Dune novels House Atreides, House Harkonnen, House Corrino, The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade, The Battle of Corrin, The Road To Dune, Hunters of Dune, Sandworms Of Dune, Paul Of Dune, The Winds Of Dune, and Sisterhood of Dune.

Brian Herbert has also edited several works relating to the Dune universe and to his father. In 2003, he authored Dreamer of Dune, the biography of Frank Herbert, a Hugo Award finalist nomination.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

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. (Sept) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Following the events of Mentants of Dune, the final volume of this trilogy (set 10,000 years before the events of Frank Herbert's Dune) focuses on the Navigators, which will become the Spacing Guild. As they confront the other Great Schools, the Mentants and Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, their battle for the human race will ripple for centuries.-KC © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.