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Children of Dune

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
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 The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy. Leto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides's twin children and his heirs, can see possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire, and more than economic disaster threatens.Listen to more of our titles in the Dune series.©1976 Frank Herbert (P)2008 Macmillan Audio Classics Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera

Critic Reviews

"Ranging from palace intrigue and desert chases to religious speculation and confrontations with the supreme intelligence of the universe, there is something here for all science fiction fans." ( Publishers Weekly)
"A major event." ( Los Angeles Times)

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loved this book. it was definitely my favourite after the first book! It really starts to pick up momentum by the half way point and then it just takes off!!

excellent

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The VA was super good, and some of the dialogue was funny. Bit of a struggle to follow what's going on at times in the story, and it seems like Irulan's character got kinda shafted to the side for this story. Pretty good.

Great Narration & Cool Story

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Messiah was a bit of a slog but this made it worth it. Great book

A great book - has the feel of the original

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found it hard to engage with... confusing at parts... definitely needs a reread to absorb properlly.. nowhere near as thrilling as thr orginal novel.. the again what novels are?!

Better than Dune Messiah (book 2).

so so... cryptic

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Children of Dune is a very well-written, satisfying story. I found the previous book very slow, and fairly boring, so I’m really glad this book captured and improved on the original Dune atmosphere.

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