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With their usual skill, Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have taken ideas left behind by Frank Herbert and filled them with living characters and a true sense of wonder. Where Paul of Dune picked up the saga directly after the events of Dune , The Winds of Dune begins after the events of Dune Messiah .
Paul has walked off into the sand, blind, and is presumed dead. Jessica and Gurney are on Caladan; Alia is trying to hold the Imperial government together with Duncan; Mohiam dead at the hands of Stilgar; Irulan imprisoned. Paul's former friend, Bronso of Ix, now seems to be leading opposition to the House of Atreides. Herbert and Anderson's newest book in this landmark series will concentrate on these characters as well the growing battle between Jessica, and her daughter, Alia.
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 (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Set immediately after Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah (1969), this satisfying tale from Herbert's son and Anderson (Paul of Dune) follows Jessica, the mother of galactic emperor Paul Atreides, as she returns to the desert planet Dune for her son's funeral. Paul's suicide after his mistress's childbed death leaves his sister, the insane and brutal Alia, as regent for his twin children. Alia releases Princess Irulan, Paul's wife and biographer, from house arrest on the condition that she present Paul as a god, even as Bronso of Ix circulates contrasting writings focusing on Paul's humanity. Alia, Jessica, Bronso and Irulan can describe aspects of Paul, but no single narrative can capture him. Fans of the original Dune series will love seeing familiar characters, and the narrative voice smoothly evokes the elder Herbert's style. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
With all the main events of Frank Herbert's Dune universe now in the bag, all that remains is for his team of successors (Paul of Dune, 2008, etc.) to fill out the corners. Chronologically, this one picks up immediately following Dune Messiah. The Mentat Emperor and omniscient Kwisatz Haderach Paul Atreides, blinded by an atomic weapon and no longer commanding his oracular vision, has walked off into the sands and is presumed dead. Paul's Bene Gesserit mother Jessica and warrior-troubadour Gurney Halleck return from Caladan to assist 16-year-old regent Alia. Duncan Idaho, the swordmaster ghola, clearly has regained all his former memories and will wed Alia in due course. Alia releases the Corrino princess Irulan, Paul's wife, from a dungeon and orders her to help counteract the propaganda spread by elusive gadfly Bronso of Ix. What Jessica knows, and Alia doesn't, is that Bronso was once Paul's boyhood friend (their story is told in flashback) and that Paul charged Bronso with the very task that Alia now condemns him for. The Dune juggernaut rolls on; pity it didn't occur to Brian and Kevin that the reason Frank didn't write Dune Messiah through Children of Dune as a continuous saga was that little of significance or interest occurs in the interim. Slim pickings, even for Dune fanatics. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The latest installment of the Dune saga takes place immediately following the events in Dune Messiah (1969). Paul, now blind, has walked into the sand, as a proper Fremen is bound to do; his sister, Alia, is regent for Paul's children and trying to hold his empire together; and Jessica, mother of Paul and Alia, now lives on Caladan, where she is the duchess. Paul has lived with plots and threats ever since he overthrew and exiled the former emperor, Shaddam Corrino. But these potential problems multiply at his death, and those individuals who ought to be his allies don't trust each other. Should the Princess Irulan, Paul's wife of state, be allowed to live or be killed as a precaution? Why has Bronso of Ix, once Paul's friend, turned against the House of Atreides? The authors give a sturdy structure to Frank Herbert's story line, but the actual technological changes of the past 45 years have diminished the plausibility of the extended saga. In spite of this problem, the novel delivers solid action and will certainly satisfy Dune fans.--Murray, Frieda Copyright 2009 Booklist
Library Journal Review
The holy war of Paul-Muad'dib has ended, and Paul, blinded by an assassination attempt, has disappeared into the deserts of Arrakis and is feared dead. His sister Alia rules as regent for Paul's twins Leto and Ghanima and seems bent on encouraging the deification of her brother, while Paul's mother, Atreides retainers Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho, and a former friend-turned-critic strive to remember the imperfect man rather than the flawless emperor. Filling in the gaps between the late Frank Herbert's classic Dune and its sequels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune, coauthors Herbert and Anderson focus on the reaction to Paul Atreides's success and the human cost of victory. Verdict This sequel to Paul of Dune is an important addition to the Dune chronology and will be in demand by Herbert fans. [Coauthor Anderson makes his fantasy debut with The Edge of the World, reviewed in LJXpress 6/19/09.-Ed.] (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.