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It starts with a press conference. Leto II’s journals have been found on Rakis in a storehouse. A trippy Ixian tech. I have so many questions. Cut to Siona and gang running thru a forest being chased by D-wolves. 10 people die, but Siona escapes with Letos journals and some plans. Siona is an Atreides and she hates Leto. Next chapter is Letos journals. He is fully aware of Siona and is letting her live.

Action packed ending. I have no idea how Davis will get out of Israel with the money let alone the hospital. For an EL novel that doesn’t get talked about, I loved this book. The setting of Israel made it a modern western but with 70s characters. Rosen was classically endearing and utterly tacky, in that 70s way. I imagine Rosen character was Leonard himself. Rosens meditations on God and death were great.

Rosen is dead. Teddy is dead. Davis blew him up. Davis has a plan. He isn’t ready to tell them about Rosen

The crew know rosen and Davies are in the area and can’t move. They will wait it out until they see a green Camaro. Rosen is hiding at his English friends house. Rosen is being a chicken and wants to run

Rosen botches Davies’s foolproof plan to landmine the gangsters. Now it’s a real car chase to the Red Sea

Davies visits the lawyer for Rosen’s 195 grand. The lawyer won’t budge. Davies graves Tali picks up some weapons and a few land mines.

Back at the king David, Rosen and Davis talk. Rosen is a mortgage broker Val and a dude named manza tried to muscle there way into his company. He wore a wire to try and put them in jail. It failed. Never went to court. The lawyer is in town to tell Rosen he was fired. Davies has an idea. To kill Val before he kills Rosen.

Bandy tries to sleep with Tali busy she is grossed out. We learn she met Mati teaching him Hebrew because he is an immigrant and Rosen when she was a flight attendant. Meanwhile, the gangsters get a new car. Rashad bonds with Mati because they are both Black Panthers. He tricks him into meeting with Rosen

Frank won it all but at the cost of Ickes life. A barbaric cock fight with dead roosters pecking at each other. icky just happened to get the last peck. Mary Elizabeth saw it all and witnessed Frank at his brutal self. Frank gave Ickys head to M.E. And then ran off to Puerto Rico with Bernice. I wanted Frank to lose and suffer.

Omar and Frank arrive at the senators for the sc tourney. It is a palace for fowl. All 8 handlers have dinner with the senators Jake Burke is ready to fight after the tournament and Frank is intends to win the whole thing.

“To the all-American cockfighters. The English-polish team of Mansfield and baradinsky! Gentlemen, gamblers, dudes and cocksmen, each and every one!”

The season has begun. Frank talks with Jack Burke. Jack married Dody. Jack ask Frank not to tell of his relationship with Dody. After Frank wins a long fight with Jack, Dody attacks Frank with her shoes. F and O bow out of the Chattanooga tournament. Frank does an offsite fight with 2 hicks(the people’s) and wins $350 and 8 gamecocks. Off to Boloxi

Frank and Omar train the cocks. Mostly by starving them. They get drunk at night and Frank plays electric guitar while Buford sings field songs. They go there first tournament. A 17 year old kid name jr challenges Frank’s Icky. The kid rubs his cocks balls and that is a fowl. Then the kid tries to get out of his 25$ bet. Frank gets pissed and strong arms the kid. Omar was taken by the kid until this shenanigan

Frank travels around with Omar gathering 21 of Omar’s 25 cocks scattered on farms. It goes into detail how these roosters became the patriarch of hens and must suffer to gather food for his ladies. Frank goes to is farm in Ocala. Buford gives him a present from Bernice. A new electric guitar. Frank writes 2 letters to BH and ME. Asking both to attend the final match of the season.

Meet Omar Baradinsky, the former New York Ad man turned Cocker. He talks Frank into a partnership for the season. Also, Frank is still a bastard. He grueling kills a rooster
For not being game. Then he tests a family by cutting a rosters legs off, lighting it on fire and then putting it just to see if it’s still game. Sickening. At least he feels bad about it and drinks his emotions down.

Frank is a bastard. He succeeds evicting his brother and selling the farm for $1500. About 10% of what it’s worth. He buys an old pick up and some more cocks. Spends almost all the money in days. The judge did write a good letter. Frank travels to his farm in Ocala to start training.

To survive in the world a man has got to do what a man has got to do” Frank goes home and gets the judge to kick his brother and sister in law off the family farm. We meet Mary Elizabeth and her brother wright. Frank gets laid again at The Place. ME hates cock fighting and wants Frank to settle down.

A long and funny chapter. Frank’s entire music career. Opening for the James Boys at Vernon’s club. He wrote a new song based on childhood memories and was flooded with emotion. Vernon insulted him and went to Bernice’s house. A rich person party. She over payed him and he got all fussy but took her to bed anyway. He was out of there right at 5am.

Frank ain’t a man to feel sorry for himself. He decides to hustle his guitar playing. Since his vow of silence he learned to play guitar and wrote 3 songs. After going bar to bar, he got a gig playing being sets for the James boys. Frank was offered 10 a night but only took 5. He felt guilty for only knowing 3 songs. Frank also hates unions why pay gangsters for the right to work. Fucking Florida

Frank goes to Jacksonville to meet doc riordan, a pharmacist that Frank gave $800. Frank can’t get his money back because doc is broke and struggling with belching drug. Frank exchanged for 10 years of conditioning powder

Frank meets Icarus, Ed’s perfect rooster. It’ll cost Frank $500, a ridiculous amount. Now Frank has to figure out how to get his hands on 2 grand.

Frank Mansfield (get it?) catches a ride with ed Middleton and spend the night. We learn Frank has taken a vow of silence, over 2 years ago until he is south Florida conference cocker of the year. Ed is a former champ who has officially retired last night was his last cock fight. This a very manly read.

We got Dolly, Frank and Sandspur and some other degenerate gamblers and lowlifes. I despise all the humans and my heart breaks for sandspur. Who is dead because Frank cut his beak for a greedy gambling bet.

“What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depths at which he holds it.” Ezra Pound

Wow. Worm man kicks ass and because a tyrant possessed by Harum. Kind of. Alia kills herself after Paul is murdered. Leto will rule over 4000 peaceful years and then all hell will break loose. I guess it’s worth it?

Wow! Worm man Leto meets the preacher. He snaps the preachers guides neck. Paul and Leto have a nice chat. Paul is no more. Meanwhile Duncan tricks Stilgar into killing him. Now Stilgar is forced to flee and save Ghanima from Alia. I’ll miss Duncan

Leto has transformed into Worm-Man and he is about to wreak havoc on dune.

Farad’n is benne gesieiet. Leto survives and sandstorm and finds Muriz of the Shuloch. They are freman cast outs and they found Paul!

Farad’n learns patience. Let is force fed spice and woos sabiha. He also talks of Harum. Ghanima fights the ancestors that date back to Agememmon. She may have to kill Irulan.

Farad’n gets in his grey jumpsuit and learns his first lesson from Jessica. Stare at his hand until he makes it old. Meanwhile Leto has a class of his own where gurney forces him to take a worm trip. Past present and future become one and Leto sees how his dad failed.