Sandworms of Dune

Brian Herbert · Kevin J. Anderson

Aug 2007 · Dune Book 5 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

Book Two in the stunning conclusion to Frank Herbert's worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles

At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past--including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica--to use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them.

Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in two safe-deposit boxes for a decade, Sandworms of Dune will answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades: the origin of the Honored Matres, the tantalizing future of the planet Arrakis, the final revelation of the Kwisatz Haderach, and the resolution to the war between Man and Machine.

This breathtaking new novel in Frank Herbert's Dune series has enough surprises and plot twists to please even the most demanding reader.

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Ratings and reviews

Frank Herbert style of writing is that quality that made the " Dune" series so successful. This one was, like I was reading a comic. It's a bit of a disappointment.

I was reticent to read the last two books, being written by the son and not the father. I'm glad I did. Like others have said, although the writing is notably different from the originals the story seems to be a true ending to the series. Only two things bothered me about it, his writing is much simpler than his father's and he makes a lot of references to his own dune books. Still having only read dune 1 through 7 the references were well enough explained that I wasn't lost.

A GREAT END TO A EPIC SERIES. THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE EXACT ENDING HERBERT WOULD HAVE CREATED, THE WRITING STYLE IS SIMPLIFIED AND NOT AS COMPLEX AND PROFOUND AS THE FIRST 5. IT STILL IS A GREAT EFFORT BY THE TWO AUTHORS EVEN IF LACKING IN SEVERAL AREAS.

About the author

Brian Herbert, son of Frank Herbert, wrote the definitive biography of his father, Dreamer of Dune, which was a Hugo Award finalist. Brian is president of the company managing the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the motion picture Dune, as well as of the TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He is the author or coauthor of more than forty-five books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, has been nominated for the Nebula Award, and is always working on several projects at once. He and his wife, Jan, have traveled to all seven continents, and in 2019, they took a trip to Budapest to observe the filming of Dune.

Kevin J. Anderson has written dozens of national bestsellers and has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers’ Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include the ambitious space opera series The Saga of Seven Suns, the epic fantasy trilogy Wake the Dragon, steampunk adventures Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives (with legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart), as well as the thrillers Stake and Kill Zone (with Doug Beason). He is the publisher of WordFire Press and the director of the graduate program in publishing for Western Colorado University. He also set the Guinness-certified world record for the largest single-author book signing.