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Chapter House Dune - Frank Herbert
The legendary Dune saga reaches its extraordinary sixth chapter in Frank Herbert's Chapter House Dune, the final novel of his original six-book science-fiction series.
The old galactic order is collapsing.
The ruthless Honoured Matres have returned from the Scattering, destroying worlds and challenging every institution that once shaped human civilisation. Even the Bene Gesserit, masters of politics, genetics and long-term strategy, now face an enemy powerful enough to threaten their survival.
Their resistance is centred on the secret world of Chapterhouse.
Here, the Bene Gesserit are attempting one of their most ambitious projects yet: transforming their planet into a new Dune.
The original desert world has been destroyed, but a precious legacy remains.
A surviving sandworm and its descendants offer the possibility of restoring the ecological cycle that once produced the universe's most valuable substance – spice.
At the centre of the conflict stands Darwi Odrade, Mother Superior of the Bene Gesserit, who must guide the Sisterhood through an increasingly dangerous struggle against the Honoured Matres.
Around her are some of the most important figures in the later Dune saga.
Duncan Idaho remains central to the Bene Gesserit's plans, while Sheeana, with her unique relationship with the sandworms, may hold part of humanity's future in her hands.
And Murbella, caught between the worlds of the Bene Gesserit and the Honoured Matres, represents the possibility of something entirely new.
As rival factions fight for survival, Frank Herbert once again explores the forces that have shaped the Dune universe from the beginning: power, religion, ecology, politics, genetics and humanity's continuing evolution.
But survival may require more than defeating an enemy.
It may require fundamentally changing the institutions that have controlled humanity for thousands of years.
Vast in scope and rich in political and philosophical ideas, Chapter House Dune brings Frank Herbert's original Dune sequence to its unforgettable conclusion while pushing the story toward an uncertain new future.
Essential reading for anyone completing the original Dune saga.
Why You'll Love It
- Sixth and final novel in Frank Herbert's original Dune series
- Continues directly from Heretics of Dune
- Features the Bene Gesserit and the powerful Honoured Matres
- Centres on the secret Bene Gesserit world of Chapterhouse
- Features Darwi Odrade, Duncan Idaho, Sheeana and Murbella
- Explores the creation of a new Dune
- Includes the legendary sandworms and the future of spice
- Rich political and religious intrigue
- Explores genetics, ecology, power and human evolution
- Combines philosophical science fiction with epic space opera
- Essential conclusion to Frank Herbert's six-book Dune sequence
- Ideal for readers of complex and immersive science fiction