Sandworms of Dune (Dune Sequels Book 2)

by Brian Herbert

As a human, Norma Cenva had first discovered the connection between spice and prescience. She had developed the technology of folding space, had created the incomprehensible equations that Tio Holtzman had taken as his own.

Typical

Dr. Yueh glared at the Baron, his personal bête noïre.

Bête noïre: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.