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A review by catsflipped
House Atreides by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
3.0
I started reading the Duniverse only a few short months ago (in the middle of a pandemic it was easier to find more reading time) my aim was to read the original Dune as a reading challenge book but haiving discovered the entire set of prequel books I set out to read them first.
I became invested in the lives of the Atreides, Harkonnens and Corrinos as well as many more and at the end of the previous book, the final in the schools trilogy, I was left wanting more. Wanting to know what became of Vorian Atreides, how long did he live with his left extentsion treatment, did he finally find the peaceful life he deserved? What about Josef Venport, would he succeed as a Navigator, what would become of him? Then there was the evil Valya Harkonnen now in one of the most powerful positions in the universe, would she ever be stopped?
I started this new trilogy with a skip in my step and them immediately fell down - 1000 years have passed?? My heros are nothing more than dust and barely even mentioned in this new series?? Oh my, hopes dashed, questions unanswered I ventrued forth into a new world of Dune, now set only some 50 years before the classic original.
The names are recognisable, although there are little changes here and there - only to be expected as the millenia go by. The main houses of Atreides, Harkonnen and Corrino are still here and it seems nothing much has changed, humans will be humans and the greed and corruption continues. The blood feud between the Atreides and Harkonnens lives on, although by now possibly long dead I am sure Vorian is not at rest knowing this. The Corrinos still the Emperors of the universe, and still corrupt and incompetent.
This books lays the foundations for the Atreides future standing in the Empire, a new young duke thrown into the position prematurely must navigate through the schemes of his Harkonnen enemies to survive, his house, his own life could be forfeited if he is not successful.
We are also introduced to a few other characters that I hope will continue through my Dune adventrue. The young Duncan Idaho (another name that has survived the years) and Pardot Kynes sent to Arrakis to discover the secret of the spice, the most valiable commodity in the Empire.
There were moments in the book where you held you breath and hoped things would turn out well but for the most part it was a nice read but not a great read. If I had a half star to give I woud have gone 3.5 for this book.
I became invested in the lives of the Atreides, Harkonnens and Corrinos as well as many more and at the end of the previous book, the final in the schools trilogy, I was left wanting more. Wanting to know what became of Vorian Atreides, how long did he live with his left extentsion treatment, did he finally find the peaceful life he deserved? What about Josef Venport, would he succeed as a Navigator, what would become of him? Then there was the evil Valya Harkonnen now in one of the most powerful positions in the universe, would she ever be stopped?
I started this new trilogy with a skip in my step and them immediately fell down - 1000 years have passed?? My heros are nothing more than dust and barely even mentioned in this new series?? Oh my, hopes dashed, questions unanswered I ventrued forth into a new world of Dune, now set only some 50 years before the classic original.
The names are recognisable, although there are little changes here and there - only to be expected as the millenia go by. The main houses of Atreides, Harkonnen and Corrino are still here and it seems nothing much has changed, humans will be humans and the greed and corruption continues. The blood feud between the Atreides and Harkonnens lives on, although by now possibly long dead I am sure Vorian is not at rest knowing this. The Corrinos still the Emperors of the universe, and still corrupt and incompetent.
This books lays the foundations for the Atreides future standing in the Empire, a new young duke thrown into the position prematurely must navigate through the schemes of his Harkonnen enemies to survive, his house, his own life could be forfeited if he is not successful.
We are also introduced to a few other characters that I hope will continue through my Dune adventrue. The young Duncan Idaho (another name that has survived the years) and Pardot Kynes sent to Arrakis to discover the secret of the spice, the most valiable commodity in the Empire.
There were moments in the book where you held you breath and hoped things would turn out well but for the most part it was a nice read but not a great read. If I had a half star to give I woud have gone 3.5 for this book.