Heretics of dune goodreads5/27/2023 ![]() The Bene Gesserit have engaged in an ambitious project to utilize the girl, Sheeana, to their own ends. Meanwhile on Rakis (formerly Arrakis or Dune), a girl has been discovered that can control the sandworms. They greatly outnumber the Bene Gesserit and begin to storm the old Imperium. ![]() The Spacing Guild has mainly been side-lined with the advent of Ixian navigation machines.Ĭreeping back into the old Imperium from the outskirts of the Scattering are the Honored Matres, a hyper-sexual sisterhood that dominates through sex and violence. ![]() The Tleilaxu are the other major power in the Imperium, having developed not only a method to produce artificial Spice in vast quantities, but also enhanced Face Dancers capable of duplicating both the likeness and persona of their victims. In the present time, the Bene Gesserit are the main organizing force in the Old Imperium, forced out of the shadows and into governing directly. Spice and other commodities became scarce in the aftermath and humanity, free from the grip of Leto's control, spread out into the Scattering. The death of the God-Emperor led to a long famine in the Old Imperium. Heretics of Dune is set 1,500 years after the events of God-Emperor of Dune. ![]() Published in 1984 by Putnam, Heretics of Dune was a New York Times Best-seller the same year. Heretics of Dune is the fifth installment of Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune Chronicles. ![]()
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