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Dune: The Machine Crusade

By: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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The breathtaking vision and incomparable storytelling of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, a prequel to Frank Herbert's classic Dune, propelled it to the ranks of speculative fiction's classics in its own right. Now, with all the color, scope, and fascination of the prior novel, comes Dune: The Machine Crusade.

More than two decades have passed since the events chronicled in The Butlerian Jihad. The crusade against thinking robots has ground on for years, but the forces led by Serena Butler and Irbis Ginjo have made only slight gains; the human worlds grow weary of war, of the bloody, inconclusive swing from victory to defeat.

The fearsome cymeks, led by Agamemnon, hatch new plots to regain their lost power from Omnius, as their numbers dwindle and time begins to run out. The fighters of Ginaz, led by Jool Noret, forge themselves into an elite warrior class, a weapon against the machine-dominated worlds. Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva are on the verge of the most important discovery in human history: a way to "fold" space and travel instantaneously to any place in the galaxy.

And on the faraway, nearly worthless planet of Arrakis, Selim Wormrider and his band of outlaws take the first steps to making themselves the feared fighters who will change the course of history: the Fremen.

Here is the unrivaled imaginative power that has put Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson on best seller lists everywhere and earned them the high regard of readers around the globe. The fantastic saga of Dune continues in Dune: The Machine Crusade.

©2003 Herbert Properties LLC (P)2003 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC and Books on Tape, Inc.

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Wonderful

Wonderfully written, wonderfully read. Can't wait for the next book to come out. The commentary by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson at the end was amazing. Get it and enjoy!

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Everybody dies.

Or has a kid. Or both.

Magical and painstakingly faithful to Frank Herbert's original works.

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Nice explanation of the different houses

Great explanation of the different houses and factions. Nice to see into the past to better understand the future of the Dune story.

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Great title

Very nice title good history and decent reader

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drags on but ok

It was better than Duncan Idaho's love story but it definitely slammed a dead baby around for a couple hundred pages to make sure you hated robots. Nothing like his father but what were we all expecting

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Well told

Enjoyed the character development of the main characters the will eventually become the basis of Dune

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And interesting continuation

While this is a prequel to the dune universe as written by Frank Herbert, I found it not as captivating as the proceeding novels. I found I had a struggle a little bit to Continue listening to this to the end. It introduces us to a plathora of new characters, Needless to say. It goes into great detail On what brought about the butlerian jihad And the death of the home world Terra. I still recommend this as a good read for any lover of Frank Herbert's Dune universe.

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great follow-up to Butlerian Jihad

continued the story nicely, and I enjoyed the character development. looking forward to the next installment

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Every book sends me deeper into the wormhole

Another masterpiece guys ,wrote even better than the last Novel. Brian and Kevin are evolving well together I can't wait to continue the story Great job guys

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decent pulp sci-fi

It's decent pulp sci-fi, but I would have enjoyed it more if it didn't have the dune name attached to it. The Dune universe deserves better authors.

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