Dune: House Corrino

House Trilogy, Book 3

De: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Narrado por: Scott Brick

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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Reseñas de la Crítica

"[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)

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

a very nicely set the stage for the original book

I may sound crazy for saying this but I don't think the book was long enough 123 chapters and we could have done a little better

Excellent book, probably the best out of Houses’ trilogy

I think the son grasped the style of his father, and clearly adapted his book to more modern times of its writing. I enjoyed all three of them. I combine reading with listening, and Scott Brick had a good reading performance managing to soften the American accent and pronouncing the proper names in the book, properly :)

Weak Ending to some very strong sequels

I liked the previous two books in the series quite a bit, and I enjoy how it pays service to the originals while standing alone as its own thing, but the plot had to wrap itself up for the sake of the original Dune book, and it didn't answer as many questions as I'd hoped

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