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Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad’Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert’s subsequent Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul’s armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the footsteps of Frank Herbert, New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are answering these questions in Paul of Dune.



The Muad’Dib’s jihad is in full swing. His warrior legions march from victory to victory. But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies--those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands. . . .



And Paul himself begins to have doubts: Is the jihad getting out of his control? Has he created anarchy? Has he been betrayed by those he loves and trusts the most? And most of all, he wonders: Am I going mad?



Paul of Dune is a novel everyone will want to read and no one will be able to forget.





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Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - This is what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah
As every Dune fan knows, there was a lapse of a few decades between Dune and Dune Messiah, the latter having picked up after Paul's Jihad campaigns. This is the story being told here. It oscillates between Paul fighting his Jihad after he replaces the Leader of the known universe and Paul as a young man/boy. It also focuses on the origin of the Harkonen and Atreides rivalry, which originated in House Moritani.

"Jihad" Paul shows the great length's Paul's enemies go to when numerous assassination attempts are made on him and his family members after all the carnage his Jihad has wrought. Any planet or people that did not fall into line and accept him as the leader of the known universe had war made upon them by Paul's military forces. Since many resisted his leadership, billions of people were killed and hundreds of planets were destroyed, all in the name of Jihad. This results in numerous assassination attempts on Paul and his family, as many see him as an abomination. Paul suffers quite badly.

The other story being told here focuses on young Paul, with Gurney Halleck, Duncan Idaho, and his father at his side. When the leader of House Moritani loses his son, he retaliates in kind. This causes war between the great houses. House Harkonen secretly dresses their military in House Moritani uniforms and dispatches them to aid Moritani, who are vastly outnumbered and outgunned. Moritani has a brilliant plan to lure enemy forces into an area and then blow up the ground beneath their feet, as it used to be mines. He nearly succeeds until Rabban Harkonen disobeys orders and sends his forces into the area of hollowed ground, and loses them. All in all, not a bad story as it chronicles the many difficulties Paul faced as a religious and political leader. I would score this novel an 87% and say its worth reading and the price of admission, especially if you love the Dune novels as I do.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Even in the future, wars are without end...
This story begins "One Year After the Fall of Shaddam IV" and continues through the subsequent four years, with substantial flashbacks into a time in Paul's life, age 12, during his very first hands-on experience with war. Though it's been years since I've read Frank Herbert's sequels to his masterpiece DUNE, this volume seems to mesh fairly well with what came before with only minor inconsistencies from the original.

In PAUL OF DUNE, the reader is carried through Paul's out-of-control Jihad, which his prescience tells him is imperative for the continuation of the human race. The point-of-view is third-person, with Paul holding about 50% of the chapters, switching back and forth with other personages such as: Stilgar, Gurney Halleck, Shaddam Corrino, Count Hasimir Fenring, the "flamboyant Swordmaster" Bludd from Ecaz, Vladimir Harkonnen, Princess Irulan, and others. Paul is trying to consolidate his power in a galaxy where politics are ever in flux and assassination attempts are the order of the day. Even when he was young, and the Assassin's War was in full throttle, the worlds were not at peace. Authors Brian & Kevin do a good job keeping the reader grounded in character and action. For a reader interested in this story, it does not get boring.

I found the focus of this volume almost as pointed toward Irulan as toward Paul. Here, she is blameless of any offence against Chani, which I found an irritating change from Frank's original--but it does read well here. I did enjoy the growth of characters Stilgar and Gurney as they waged war on other planets and eventually longed for home. And the adventure in Paul's boyhood with Duncan Idaho was especially entertaining. The view of different planets was done well, also, giving the reader a change from just desert or palace. Stilgar especially, endures swamps and rivers, a grueling endeavor for a desert borne man.

Politics, violence, and religion--ideas which hold a spell over humanity today, and in the future, encompass PAUL OF DUNE. This is an awesome read, giving each of us food for thought on mankind's current troubles.



Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - A Paul Without Paul's Attention to Detail
I promised myself that I would never read another Herbert/Anderson 'addendum' to the original Dune series after the disaster that was The Butlerian Jihad. However, due to forgetting to send in my negative desire for this book to the SF book club, it showed up on my doorstep, and obsessive reader that I am, I eventually cracked the covers of this book.

Surprisingly, it's not an unmitigated disaster, but rather a book that fills some holes between Dune and Dune Messiah, and almost managed to convince me that this extra material 'fit' with the original. However, there are some strong inconsistencies with the original, most notably in the portrayed actions and feelings of certain Fremen Maud'Dib worshipers, a rewriting of history to allow Paul to be offworld prior to the events of the original Dune, and a fleshing out of some the characters of the originals, most notably Irulan, that doesn't truly match Frank Herbert's portrayal.

While still having the short chapter/quick switch between scenes and characters that are now the hallmark of the Herbert/Anderson writing style, for this particular book such treatment actually works, as the plot threads are sufficiently many and convoluted enough to allow for such treatment. And the portrayals of the various characters weren't so obviously wrong as to cause me to throw this book away in disgust. However, this is very faint praise, merely an acknowledgement that the original characters of Frank Herbert were very powerful, real people, and as this book follows these original people, with only a few new persons thrown in, some of that power still permeates this book. This book also manages to avoid any ridiculously obvious scientific boners, mainly by not making any scientific statements of importance, but this is certainly preferable to the nonsense that has filled some of the other volumes.

However, the conclusion of this volume is an extreme letdown and is very poorly thought out, as it hinges on Paul and all of his close advisors willfully ignoring an obvious threat. But perhaps this is not surprising, as another threat earlier in the book is also completely ignored until it is sprung with deadly consequences, even though Paul has a prescient dream with clear significance - darn it, I caught the reference, even though it's been about five years since I last re-read the original Dune, and certainly someone who lived through that particular incident would see the relevance much more easily.

Better than some of the other works about Dune this pair has written, but that's not saying a great deal.

---Reviewed by Patrick Shepherd (hyperpat)



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Political machinations and intrigue are worthy of the most Machiavellian of politicians and rulers
To start this review, I must confess that I have never read any of Frank Herbert's "Dune" books. At the end of the very first book, "Dune" Paul Muad'Dib has taken control of the planet Dune and at the start of the second book, "Dune Messiah"; Muad'Dib has taken control of the galaxy. Furthermore, Paul has become a significant religious figure, considered by many to be the embodiment of a new religion. This book fills the gap and is the story of how Muad'Dib went from the ruler of a single planet to emperor of the entire galaxy.
The makeup and movement of his forces are all based on a jihad or holy war, his Freman soldiers consider the people on the planets they conquer to be infidels and they sometimes kill against Paul's orders. As most conquerors have found in human history, the initial victory and occupation is relatively easy, holding and governing the territory often proves to be very difficult.
The political machinations and intrigue are worthy of the most Machiavellian of politicians. Even though the sections of ruled territory are entire planets, the plots and counter-plots are similar to the disputes between rulers of princely states. Alliances shift, political marriages are the norm, assassinations occur and at times even Paul is attacked. No one is above suspicion, yet through it all Paul remains forthright in his quest. Although, to his credit, he expresses deep regret over the billions of people killed in the battles between his armies and the opposition. Finally, to stamp out the rebellion and to make an example, he orders entire inhabited planets to be sterilized.
I found that not having read the two books by Frank Herbert was a benefit as I read this one. Not knowing that Paul must survive for "Dune Messiah" to exist, I thought it possible and even likely that Paul would be assassinated. This led to an increase in tension that furthered my interest in the book. Unless it is extremely well written, the knowledge that the main character must survive limits your mental processes to wondering how he survives rather than the combination of if and how.
This is a very dynamic story, the political plotting against Muad'Dib is constant, he wins all the battles, yet never seems to reach the point where he can win the war. It kept my attention throughout; the authors have created a tale that is so engaging that even if you know that Paul must survive and continue to conquer, there is still sufficient tension to keep you turning the pages



Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - Canon aside, this book felt like filler
I rarely write reviews but I have to do so here. I liked the other Herbert/Anderson Dune books, but this one was unnecessary. As another reviewer said, Paul's perspective is almost entirely that the jihad is terrible, he feels badly for the deaths of billions but it was necessary tio save trillions. We learn very little new information of any interest in the Dune saga. It doesn't feel like anything meaningful is told to us from a different perspective. The one thought that occurred to me as I read is that a book of Alia might be interesting. Overall, I felt let down with this book. I hope any future additions are better and give us some meat.

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