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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Review Tuesday: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (1969)
DUNE
MESSIAH
by Frank Herbert
1969
Conspirators devise a plan to unseat Emperor Paul Atreides from his throne.
Many years ago a friend of mine suggested that I should read the DUNE series of books. He recommended the first SIX in the series and that the others start getting off into the weeds. Okay, then, years ago I read the original DUNE book and loved it. However, since I read slowly, I didn't want to commit any more time to this series until I got some other reading out of the way. Recently the media buzz around DUNE: PART 3 has been abound, so I figured it was time to read the second novel and get ahead of the curve.
The plot is pretty easy to follow. A group of conspirators assembled to work out a plan to remove Muad'Dib as Emperor, or at least remove his power. It's a clever multi-layered plan with contingencies built in. Of course, none of it is exposed at the beginning, you get see how it all falls into place as the pages turn.
I won't give anything away other than this is an easier to read book than the original DUNE. It moves at a good pace and it's very clever. The ending was a surprise and has me wanting to read the next book in the series.
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