Paul of Dune

Book One of the Heroes of Dune

By: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Paul of Dune is a sci-fi adventure novel everyone will want to read and no one will be able to forget. "Scott Brick delivers a powerful and entertaining reading reminiscent of a theatrical performance in a brilliant one-man show. Brick's voice is ideally suited to this extraordinary tale; no doubt he studied the prose of each novel to capture the dialect perfectly. This is a superb, solid reading that will appeal to fans and newcomers alike." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next 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 best-selling 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?

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awesome

I loved the way you mixed past with present.... Well done

balls

The story was probably ill-advised from the outset. The best charecters already dead, the good part of the story already told, this sequel to the first Dune was difficult for me to finish.

JUST OK, reluctant 4 stars....

Decently written but unremarkable Dune rehash, meant to pick up where Dune left off, that never manages to engage. No further insights into the vividly drawn characters from Dune, in fact they all seem rather sterile. Paul & company are disenchanted with the direction things have taken, and you will be too. If you're a Dune junkie, you may want to read this. Otherwise, probably wise to skip.

A bit bland at time but important events

This book takes place after Dune but before the 2 sequel books of the original trilogy. I appreciated this book for revealing important events immediately following Dune but this book is far from the quality of the original trilogy. It has some painfully dry parts at times and the pacing between the dull details and climactic moments feels like stop and go traffic. But I'm still glad I stuck it through. This book's contributions to the events of Dune was worth it.
Narrator note: there were a few times where the narrator would mix up his assigned voices for certain characters which made keeping the characters straight harder than it was to begin with.

good continued story of Paul.

loved it. little slow at the start but get past the first review and it will wrap you into the story all over again.

excellent

Fascinating continuation of the saga. Well worth the time. Looking forward to the next book.

perfectly fine filler....but not essential

perfectly fine filler....but not essential to the over all story. As a fan of Dune, I enjoyed it.

awesome

the book dune and Paul of dune along with all the other books are great. takes you to another place.

Fun

It contradicts Dune in multiple places but it wasn’t terrible. I could have done without the Young Paul adventures but filling in the gaps with Mauid’Dib’s Jihad was interesting.

Great!

This picks up right where the new movie leaves off. Interesting conclusion. All the familiar characters.