Dune Chronicles (Berkley Paperback): Dune Messiah (Paperback)

from johnxlibris

Frank Herbert's second installment of the Dune saga begins twelve years after the overthrow of the empire. The jihad of Paul Atreides and his Qizarate legions has brought the name of Muab'dib to the every sector of the galaxy. The novel opens with scenes of conspiracy and theories of history: sim...

from littlepiece

I was once standing in a bookstore having a "buy 3, get 1 free" paperback sale with every Dune sequel they had in my arms. My father had asked if there was anything there that I liked. He looked at me. "Did you *read* Dune?" he asked. I nodded vigorously. Then, a small squint and the follow-up qu...

from Coldworker

Great! I Thought this was actually better the the original. In comparison with "Dune", the story has a much clearer theme. Where I felt that the original just centered around the prophecy of Maud'dib, "Dune Messiah" really underlines a certain philosophy, which holds true here on Earth too.

from JeffV

Book 2 in Frank Herbert's series, Dune Messiah follows a deified Paul Atredies through an inescapable path of events divined through his prescience. The story picks up after the jihad that followed his overthrow of the Corrino Emperor at the end of Dune. Some 65 billion people died in the wars, a...

from bardsfingertips

I recently finished Dune Messiah. I enjoyed the book, but it had left an odd feeling with me. It felt like a long, closing episode of a novel that was missing its first two acts. In a sense it was presented as an endgame for the characters I have grown to enjoy from the first novel Dune. There we...