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Dune: Hunters of Dune

By: Kevin J Anderson, Brian Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Summary

Fleeing from the monstrous Honored Matres - dark counterparts of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood - Duncan Idaho, the military genius Bashar Miles Teg, a woman named Sheeana who can talk to sandworms, and a group of desperate refugees explore the boundaries of the universe. Aboard their sophisticated no-ship, they have used long-stored cells to resurrect heroes and villains from the past, including Paul Muad'Dib, in preparation for a final confrontation with a mysterious outside Enemy so great it can destroy even the terrible Honored Matres. And, deep in the hold of their giant ship, the refugees carry the last surviving sandworms from devastated Arrakis, as they search the universe for a new Dune.

©2006 Herbert Properties LLC (P)2006 Macmillan Audio

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"Entertaining." (Publisher's Weekly)  

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Wonderful!

Scott Brick is as awesome as ever!
I’m a huge fan of the dune universe, and this book is a worthy sequel to Frank Herberts fantastic series.

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Heading into the grand finale

First off Scott Brick is awesome as usual, tone and pacing is perfect and the characters are like family by now.

It's worth taking a break following Chapterhouse to consume the other books by the new authors prior to starting this. So many fantastic subtle pointers in the text and the performance.

While not a Frank Herbert tale this more than stands up. This flows like someone explaining another's psychedelic dream; axiolatal spice instead of the spice of the divided God.

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A poor excuse for a sequel

The original Dune series of books is by far my favourite series in a sci-fi setting, but Brian Herbert's shoddy attempt and picking up where his father left off is just that, shoddy. The book is crammed full of bloat and bulk that Brian Herbert tacked onto the universe and it doesn't even come close to holding a candle to the first 6 books.

If you love Dune I would recommend you stay far far away from this.

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Utter garbage

The original Dune series is my favourite Sci-fi series. The last 2 books, Hunters and Chapter House, in particular are stunning.
I have tried with this book, I really have, honestly, but I can't go on. It's excruciatingly bad. The writing is abysmal. Most of what I have listened to is just repeating stuff we already know...badly. Various inaccuracies too from my memory of just finishing Heretics and Chapter house in the last month.
I'm putting this down to a DNF.
When you look at the amount of books Kevin Anderson has churned out it is clear that he follows a quantity over quality ethic.
Absolute complete total garbage. Do yourself a favour, save yourself a credit. Avoid.

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As good as it could of been

It’s obvious Frank Herbert is no longer writing these, but his son and Kevin Anderson do a great job at getting it wrapped up and ready for the finale.
Is it as good as the first 6? no. Is it bad ? No it’s pretty good, if you lost your mind at the end of chapter house (like myself) and want to find out how it ends here is your chance.

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An atrociously rambling, talentless rehashing

It's commonly accepted among fans that with Brian Herbert quoted as calling himself a "slow writer" and the one-a-year pace at which these came out following Hunters of Dune, the chief writer of these sequels after Frank Herbert's death is Kevin J Anderson. Unfortunately, the man is utterly without talent.

The book wastes hours upon hours reiterating what the reader already knows, in an omniscient third person narrative that sucks any chance of immersion well and truly away. The subtext that was rife in Frank's books - explorations of politics, ecology, the failure of great leader figures - is entirely absent. Characters from the first book are brought back in droves, with little explanation behind the motives to do so. Entire civilisations that were apparently there all along but unmentioned are suddenly critical to the threadbare plot.

If you're only interested in the plot, just read it on Wikipedia. You'll save 20 hours. If you're interested in the themes underneath Frank's writings, there's nothing here to engage with. There is no justification to powering through this mess besides seeing how shoddy it gets.

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A lot of women fighting viciously

Not as good as the original but a cracking effort joins the dots a bit

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Woe to them on land and sea for the Devil sends the Beast with Wrath

i can't say anything bad about this title, I read it like I was wringing out an old rag. what a great couple of authors. I need another fix on the next title after this one....

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Recommended

To begin with, I wasn’t keen on this book, as the first part of this book spends a lot of time recapping the earlier stories, which, if you’ve made it this far, serves no purpose.

After that, I found it quite engaging. It’s less about ideas than Frank Herbert’s classic Dune novels books and more about telling an interesting story.

In spite of the iffy start, I recommend this.

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top class

an amazing listen would recommend to all, the interview at the end is a proper gem! can’t wait for sandwoms!

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