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  • By: Frank Herbert
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (482 ratings)

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God Emperor of Dune

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Publisher's Summary

More than 3,000 years have passed since the first events recorded in Dune. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species.

But to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall.

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©1981 Frank Herbert (P)2008 Macmillan Audio

Critic Reviews

"A fourth visit to Arrakis that is every bit as fascinating as the other three - every bit as timely." ( Time)
"Rich fare...Heady stuff." ( Los Angeles Times)

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Heady

The series really is a twisting saga that is nearly timeless.
On to the next one

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more of a philosophical book than anything

ive enjoyed every book for the dune series so far but this one Was the hardest to get through.

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good story, amazing

loved this work of Dune I think i loved it as the first one.

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All round brilliance.

After a lackluckster second book, Frank Herbert set a new standard with the third and fourth in the series.

God Emperor was as thrilling and grand as the original Dune and the originality stands alone as a titan of sciencr fiction.

The narration was fantastic as always. Multiple actors, real emotion in the lines.

One of the best reads ever in my opinion.

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my favorite of the series so far!

its funny when you see a series going on and on you expect that it would lose its capture but this book was amazing and has me look forward to continuing listening to the series 😊

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pretty good

pacing was kind of slow, but story quality makes up for it easily, I'll be reading the sequels

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Brilliantly narrated

An excellent rendition of the classic Herbert book by a great series of narrators. I highly recommend this version to all lovers of the Dune series.

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Great listen

Great sequel to the continuing Dune saga. Good to get into in the audio book format

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Aaaaah, Moneo...

Take your own steps onto the Golden Path, dive into the God Emperor's stolen journals, and enjoy every single Moneo that comes out of Leto's mouth.

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compelling but confusing

This was a very confusing listen but well performed and a compelling piece of dune

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