By Frank Herbert

And now we get to the third book of this series.

“The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction.

The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet’s economy. Leto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides’ twin children, but the fanatics begin to challenge the rule of all-powerful Atreides Empire, and more than economic disaster threatens…”

This book feels like the end of a trilogy, like when Frank Herbert started writing, this was where the story would end, but then realized there was more to the story to tell. Also, I forgot to say this earlier, but I recommend audiobooks. This will help getting through the story because you won’t get stuck on words that you don’t understand

For this story, I have three thoughts.

Firstly, I would like to talk about the Preacher/Paul Atreides. In the previous review of Dune Messiah, we see the damage from the religion, and now we see Paul rebelling against his religion which gets him killed by his own pastors. I find this interesting because none of the believers recognise Paul and only his family wonder if Paul is still alive. I can only guess that Paul had become so much more than a man that no one sees him anymore.

Secondly, I would like to talk about Alia and what it means to be an abomination. Throughout the last two books, we have seen her as a bit of a side character. Aleah was called an abomination in the first book without any explanation of what that means. In Dune Messiah, we see that she has been taking a large amount of spice essence in order to try to understand more. But now we see the danger of being born with too much awareness, and Baron Harkonnen has decided to make his attempt at power once more. I feel so bad for Alia, and I wish there were a way she could be saved. But you know what people say about wishing.

Thirdly, the connection between water and the worms. Throughout the book, we find how strange the ways of Arrakis have changed in the books. This one-time desert is now incredibly green. The fact that Fremin are living in brick houses is a waste of a year’s worth of water. But we also learn that the sandworms will go out of their way to avoid a large amount of water. This leads to the sandworms dying out. The damage that is being done in the background is interesting because a green dune is once the dream of the Fremin and its killing their world.

Happy reading to all and to all a good night