false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255575370m/6072318.jpg 6072318 4 Paul-Muad'Dib -- cheered as a hero, worshipped as a messiah, hated as a tyrant -- has vanished into the endless deserts of the planet Dune. Blinded in an assassination attempt and grieving after the death of his beloved Chani, Paul abandons his newborn twins and leaves his galaxy-spanning empire in the hands of his young sister, Alia. And the greatest empire in the history of mankind begins to crumble. Living in self-imposed exile on Caladan, Lady Jessica and the faithful Gurney Halleck receive word that Paul has vanished and is presumed dead. They race to Dune, the heart of Muad'Dib's empire, where they find a planet in turmoil and Jessica's daughter, Alia -- along with the resurrected Duncan Idaho -- willing to impose more and more extreme measures to maintain order. Fueling the flames of dissent, the outspoken rebel Bronso if Ix -- at one time Paul's closest friend -- releases hateful treatises and disrupts sacred ceremonies, doing everything he can to destroy the myth of Paul-Muad'Dib and reveal the unvarnished facts about the man who -- through his jihad and his corrupt priesthood -- is responsible for more deaths than any other person in history. Working with Princess Irulan, Paul's self-appointed biographer, Jessica tries to uncover the truth about her son. As winds of rebellion brew and treachery occurs both from outside the government and within, Jessica discovers that her son had plans that extended far beyond history and that Muad'Dib may have knowingly planted the seeds for his own downfall. Drawn from secret to secret, from revelation to revelation, Jessica at last will come to the truth about her son's prescience and visionary plans, a truth that will force her to choose between the memory of her son and the future of the human race. With their usual brilliance, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have taken the wonderful ideas bequeathed to them by Frank Herbert and filled them with imagination, whole worlds, living characters, and a true sense of wonder. 6248814 book 4 8 2009 The Winds of Dune total:75|5:18|4:26|3:20|2:10|1:1| 75 277 172 25 5 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 22:40:54 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 14:54:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 06:55:22 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 06:55:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 20:20:25 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 20:48:24 -0700 2009
These are my reactions, feelings, towards this book. I am really enjoying it, but of course, it's not written by Frank Herbert which always leads to some conflicting and disappointin...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 14:26:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 14:41:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 21:13:14 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 21:14:35 -0700 2009
In “The Winds of Dune”, you get the story of “Bronso” of Ix. This is a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:54:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:55:49 -0700 2009
Wind of Dune is the newest novel in the Dune Universe by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. It takes place just after the end of Dune Messiah, when Paul Artreides, Emperor of the known Universe, has walked off into the desert to meet his fate as blind ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 20:40:27 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:29:30 -0800 2009 Paul of Dune.

Here is my Winds of Dune update to that review:

I cringed my way through all of this book. These interquels must be difficult to write and they are getting difficult to read. Apolo...more...]]> 3 6 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:49:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 17:31:27 -0700 2009
The most enjoyable part was watching how the authors wo...more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 19:03:36 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 15:06:38 -0700 2009 Dunebooks. I decided a long time ago, I didn't care. I love the original ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:49:55 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 20:41:58 -0700 2009 Duniverse alive. This book came out after Paul of Dune but it follows Dune Messiah chronologically. Given the title Paul of Dune I thought this book would have been cal...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:41:59 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 17:22:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:28:17 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:23:50 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:30:26 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:30:26 -0700 2009 Centering on Lady Jessica, and through her, Paul Maud-Dib; it paints a deeper portrait than previously seen. I love the new additions to Dune. And The Winds of Dune is yet another excellent addition the the Duniverse I love with all my heart. With each interquel, I get a better understand o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 17:00:08 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 17:05:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 07:02:19 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 07:29:41 -0700 2009
The book begins rath...more...]]> 5 0 true false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:01:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:53:43 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 13:43:59 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 13:47:29 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 18:03:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 13:02:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 15:02:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 15:04:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 16:54:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 16:55:34 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6072318