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.
zlib_text: THE DUNE SERIES
  
  BY FRANK HERBERT
  
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  Dune
  
  Dune Messiah
  
  Children of Dune
  
  God Emperor of Dune
  
  Heretics of Dune
  
   **Chapterhouse: Dune**
  
  BY FRANK HERBERT, BRIAN HERBERT, AND KEVIN J. ANDERSON
  
  The Road to Dune (includes the original short novel Spice Planet) BY BRIAN
  HERBERT AND KEVIN J. ANDERSON
  
  Dune: House Atreides
  
  Dune: House Harkonnen
  
  Dune: House Corrino
  
  Dune :The Butlerian Jihad
  
  Dune: The Machine Crusade
  
  Dune: The Battle of Corrin
  
  Hunters of Dune
  
  Sandworms of Dune
  
  Paul of Dune (forthcoming)
  
  BY BRIAN HERBERT
  
  Dreamer of Dune (biography of Frank Herbert)
  
  SANDWORMS OF DUNE
  
  Brian Herbert
  
  and
  
  Kevin J. Anderson
  
  Based on an outline by Frank Herbert
  
  TOR
  
  A
  
  TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK
  
  NEW YORK
  
  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events
  portrayed in this novel are either products of the authors' imaginations or
  are used fictitiously.
  
  SANDWORMS OF DUNE
  
  Copyright ©2007 by Herbert Properties LLC
  
  All rig