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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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&#8217;s immortal <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, Duke Leto&#8217;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&#8217;t know is that the child Jessica is carrying is not the girl they are expecting, but a boy. <br/><br/>Jessica&#8217;s act of disobedience is an act of love &#8212; her attempt to provide her Duke with a male heir to House Atreides &#8212; but an act that, when discovered, could kill both mother and baby. <br/><br/>Like the Bene Gesserit, Shaddam Corrino is also concerned with making a plan for the future &#8212; 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.<br/><br/>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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[*Same review for the Dune Universe*<br/>GREAT books! VERY time consuming! Worth the time!<br/><br/>Ok here is the deal. If your not sure about starting a series this big, here is what I would do.<br/>1. -- Read the 1st one by Frank Herbert &quot;Dune&quot; if you like it...<br/><br/>2. -- Read the &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77069166">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3)]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Dune</em> is one of my all-time favorite books, and this is a great addition to the canon. <br/><br/>It's so exciting to learn the histories of the well-loved characters of <em>Dune</em>. Brian Herbert's writing style is very similar to his father's, so the book (and the whole prequel trilogy) doesn't seem out ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42013266">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I sometimes wish that the rating system on Goodreads allowed for half-stars, or even quarter stars, because that's much closer to what I feel this book deserves, rather than the overly nice gift of a single star.  To be blunt, Kevin J. Anderson should stick with the light fare of <em>Star Wars</em> books, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23903590">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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&#8217;s immortal <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, Duke Leto&#8217;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&#8217;t know is that the child Jessica is carrying is not the girl they are expecting, but a boy. <br/><br/>Jessica&#8217;s act of disobedience is an act of love &#8212; her attempt to provide her Duke with a male heir to House Atreides &#8212; but an act that, when discovered, could kill both mother and baby. <br/><br/>Like the Bene Gesserit, Shaddam Corrino is also concerned with making a plan for the future &#8212; 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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Always reminded me of &quot;The Who&quot; lyrics that had a line 'the new boss, same as the old boss'. Great Sci-fi adventure but the end of the last book left me flat, thinking, what was the point in rooting for these guys all this time?]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved all the back story this trilogy provided. It left me wanting more, but that is the way all the Dune books are!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3)]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The triumphant conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy that made science fiction history!<br/></strong><br/>In <strong>Dune: House Corrino</strong> Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring us the magnificent final chapter in the unforgettable saga begun in <strong>Dune: House Atreides</strong> and continued in <strong>Dune: House Harkonnen</strong>. <br/><br/>Here nobles and commoners, soldiers 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 <strong>Dune</strong>.<br/><br/><strong>Dune: House Corrino<br/></strong><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Dune books just got weirder and weirder and I didn't much like them.  I LOVE the first one and have read it a bazillion times.  I read each of the later books and never wanted to read them again.  I didn't like what they did to the characters I loved (and hated) and I didn't like the new charact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23705370">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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