title: Sandworms of Dune
author:  Brian Herbert 
description: Longtime collaborators Herbert and Anderson set themselves a steep challengeand, in the end, fail to meet itin this much anticipated wrapup of the original Dune cycle (after 2006's <i>Hunters of Dune</i>). A large cast scattered across the cosmos must be brought together so that the final, all-powerful Kwisatz Haderach may be revealed in the ultimate face-off between humankind and the machine empire ruled by the implacable Omnius. Though pacing is brisk and the infrequent action scenes crackle with tension, only two minor charactersgholas, who are young clones with restored memories, of Suk doctor Wellington Yueh and God-Emperor Leto IIacquire real depth. Everyone else is too busy reacting to mostly irrelevant subplots like sabotage aboard the no-ship <i>Ithaca</i>, a plague devastating the planet of Chapterhouse and the genetic engineering of marine-dwelling sandworms. The lengthy climax relies on at least four consecutive deus ex machina bailouts, eventually devolving into sheer fairy tale optimism. Series fans will argue the novel's merits for years; others will be underwhelmed. <i>(Aug.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ## Hunters of Dune
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( Dune Chronicles - 7 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Herbert Brian
  
  
  ### J Anderson Kevin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together
  the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune
  universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune
  series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay
  hidden in a safe-deposit box for a decade, these two volumes will finally
  answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades.
  
  
  At the end of Chapterhouse: Dune-Frank Herbert's final novel-a ship carrying
  the ghola of Duncan Idaho, Sheeana (a young woman who can control sandworms),
  and a crew of various refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from
  the monstrous Honored Matres, dark counterparts to the Bene Gesserit
  Sisterhood. The nearly invincible Honored Matres have swarmed into t