Dune: House Corrino

House Trilogy, Book 3

By: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 24 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Continuing the events leading up to Frank Herbert's immortal Dune saga, the exciting conclusion to this trilogy finds the cruel Tleilaxu overlords on Ix manufacturing a synthetic form of amal to supplant the spice from Dune. If amal is accepted, Emperor Shaddam IV will gain absolute power. But if the plot of the Imperial House Corrino succeeds, the result may be the end of civilization itself.

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Critic reviews

"[A] fully satisfying conclusion (after Dune: House Atreides and Dune: House Harkonnen) to the authors' "House" trilogy....The inevitable derivative features aside, this is a good, steady, enjoyable tale, and readers who haven't read the first two books can easily follow the plot." ( Publishers Weekly)

"[T]his complex and compelling tale of dynastic intrigue and high drama adds a significant chapter to the classic Dune saga. Highly recommended." ( Library Journal)

My favorite of the House trilogy.

I dive deeper into the Dune universe, completing this second prequel trilogy. This has been, by far, my favorite of the House series. Perfectly provided character development details to the already brilliant story within story within story of the original Frank Herbert Dune universe masterpieces.

I finally know the full story!

What did you love best about Dune: House Corrino?

House Corrino finally tells the complete story that leads up to the events in Dune.
It was interesting to find out just how much of a buffoon Shaddam really was. No wonder he lost his throne to Paul Atreides.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I loved the way Fenring spoke. All of the HMMM's after every other sentence made for some pretty good chuckles from me.

Which scene was your favorite?

Thufir Hawats quick thinking that saved Caladan from invasion; disguising fishing vessels as battleships to frighten off the invaders was brilliant, and spoke to just how useful a mentat could really be.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

There was no way I could listen to this book in one sitting. I was afraid I'd miss something if I tried. It's so much more enjoyable to listen to several chapters then ruminate on what happened.

I can't listen to anything unless it's Scott Brick

loving that all the books are narrated by Scott Brick. absolutely joy to listen to.

Satisfying Ending

This is a satisfying ending to the Dune House Trilogy. The original Dune still stands as the best book in the series, but I like this trilogy of prequels better than the sequels that followed Dune. If you enjoyed Dune, it is worthwhile reading this trilogy.

Fantastic Narration

The narrator is extremely versatile. He portrays men, women, semi-humans and robotic voices equally well. I felt like there were many narrators at times. Highly recommended.

Fantastic

Great story, and a great highly engaging narrator who plays each character so well.

Note: Read the Dune Prequel Trilogy, after you read the original Dune Series (Books 1-6) in order not to spoil certain aspects in the latter oriental Dune books.

Always entertaining

I find learning more about the Dune universe always entertaining. Appreciate the author’s creativity and ability to create such rich background stories to the original series.

One of the more illuminating later Dune books

Young Herbert and Anderson did a nice job tying up alot of information absent from the original Dune works. The additional background knowledge makes me want to listen to the original trilogy again. This was the culminating book of the Houses trilogy and did wrap up quite nicely. IMHO along with the Machine War trilogy, this trilogy could stand on its own even without father Herbert's series of novels.

great book and great trilogy really explains a Lot

this is a great book and trilogy very in-depth storyline explains in great detail how things stated where characters came from just a perfect prequel

Its almost like they didn't bother reading Dune.

Just finished the Dune prequel trilogies... and think they are great as stand alone stories.

Having said that, I have started re-reading(listening) to the original Dune, and the differences in style, tone, interpretations of events and characterizations of key players between the House trilogy and Dune are, to say the least, jarring. I know people can change over the course of 15 years, but the changes in Leto and Jessica are particularly damning. Jessica starts off in Dune essentially as another Kailea Vernius, secretly damning Duke Leto and his father Paulus for the lessons in what marriage means for House Atreides, when it is clearly established in this book that she would never hold that against Leto, for instance. Leto, also is a clearly different individual after 15 years of prosperity (assumed) on Caladan after the events in this book when we meet him in Dune. These are just a few things that come to mind upon listening to the first couple of hours of Dune fresh from finishing this book.

Loved the books, but think that there needed to be some specific plot line tweaks prior to the end of House Corrino to bring the overall story more in line with where Dune picks up