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Title: Just okay at best
Review: I had low expectations for this book. It's definitely not as good as House Atreides.The main problem is that the characters actions don't make sense. For example, the character of Dominic Vernius is completely... manufactured, forced, contrived. I don't know which word fits best. He's supposedly a renegade smuggler with a price on his head, but yet he trusts with disclosing his plans to everyone. And he hides in the most obvious places. It really shows the creative limitations of the authors in weaving the story arcs together. I understand it's complicated and I couldn't do better, but I shouldn't be able to see things coming every time. It's not as innovative as Heretics or Chapterhouse were. I wish these authors would take the artistic license to be daring, with twists, and literary risks that make continuing the Dune franchise a worthwhile endeavor worthy of the series started by Herbert. The stories are too safe a predictable.
