Dune: House Corrino

Dune: Prelude to Dune, Book 3

By: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Fearful of losing his precarious hold on the Golden Lion Throne, Shaddam IV, emperor of a Million Worlds, has devised a radical scheme to develop an alternative to melange, the addictive spice that binds the Imperium together and that can be found only on the desert world of Dune.

In subterranean labs on the machine planet Ix, cruel Tleilaxu overlords use slaves and prisoners as part of a horrific plan to manufacture a synthetic form of melange known as amal. If amal can supplant the spice from Dune, it will give Shaddam what he seeks: absolute power.

©2011 Brian Herbert (P)2021 W F Howes

Packs a punch

Fascinated by the story and couldn’t stop listening. The way it’s written would be hard to read but to listen is a joy. I went back on a few chapters that were difficult or if I had be distracted and only ever enjoyed listening more the second time. Perfect read straight after House Hark in the series - 5 stars