Hunters of Dune

Name: Hunters of Dune
Rating: 4.25 (112 reviews)

Brian Herbert · Kevin J. Anderson

Oct 2006 · Dune Book 4 · Macmillan

4.2

112 reviews

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Book One in the compelling conclusion to Frank Herbert's Dune series, one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, the series is science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings, a brilliantly imaginative epic of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and immense scope.

Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, weave 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 on Frank Herbert’s outline, international bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring the incredible Dune Chronicles to an explosive grand finale.

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 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 the known universe—but they have been driven from their home by a terrifying, mysterious Enemy.

To strengthen their forces, the fugitives aboard Duncan’s no-ship use genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past—including Paul Muad'Dib and his beloved Chani, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Thufir Hawat, and even Dr. Wellington Yueh. Together, these misfits must find the genius and resources to defeat the ferocious, unknown Enemy that intends to destroy the human race.

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4.2

112 reviews

Richard Michael Forguson

29 November 2020

As a stand alone work, this might have been passable sci-fi. As the next installment of the Dune saga, it is nearly unreadable. Frank Herbert made subtlety and subtext the central theme of his writing, sometimes to a fault. From Jessica's observations of the tensions surrounding her to Leto II's musings on his plans, nothing was overt. Hunters takes pains to spell every observation out explicitly, and the writing suffers for it. The narrative is not well constructed, following a haphazard progression of acts, buried in endless summaries of events which just transpired. The dialogue is blunted when compared to God Emperor or even Chapterhouse. It's as though the characters have regressed. The universe Herbert created is still there on the surface, but the animating force makes the whole affair shambolic, like watching zombies animated to mimic Baryshnikov. The moves are all there, but the execution only serves as a grotesque reminder of how much we lost with the original artist.

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A Google user

21 February 2010

As much as I desperately wanted to know what happened after Chapter House, I had difficulty reading this book. The authors may be forgiven for not having Frank Herbert's depth of insight into human nature. However purple prose, irrelevant details and outrageous plot machinations are basic writing pitfalls that they should know to avoid. This book lacks the subtlety that made the original series so enjoyable. It may have been based on Frank's notes, but it has none of his style.

Christian Sanchez

14 September 2014

I would like to say this was great but that's not the case. The book was enjoyable but not up to the originals. Anyway, I would have read it. What I hated was the constant summary at the beginning of each chapter, it was like if it was meant for a serial novel in a magazine. Quite important to make a closure of the Dune mitology.

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About the author

Brian Herbert, son of Frank Herbert, wrote the definitive biography of his father, Dreamer of Dune, which was a Hugo Award finalist. Brian is president of the company managing the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the motion picture Dune, as well as of the TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He is the author or coauthor of more than forty-five books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, has been nominated for the Nebula Award, and is always working on several projects at once. He and his wife, Jan, have traveled to all seven continents, and in 2019, they took a trip to Budapest to observe the filming of Dune.

Kevin J. Anderson has written dozens of national bestsellers and has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers’ Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include the ambitious space opera series The Saga of Seven Suns, the epic fantasy trilogy Wake the Dragon, steampunk adventures Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives (with legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart), as well as the thrillers Stake and Kill Zone (with Doug Beason). He is the publisher of WordFire Press and the director of the graduate program in publishing for Western Colorado University. He also set the Guinness-certified world record for the largest single-author book signing.

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