Again, I did not buy this book, but borrowed it from the library as what I did for "Paul of Dune". I read it halfway and decided to return the book because I realised I had an eBook version of it. So, I finished reading the rest of the book on my HTC phone.Some comments (or bashings): both authors were still "milking" from the Dune franchise by coming up with yet again another "unnecessary" continuation of a story arc, which I failed to see going anywhere, because for those of you who read this book, you know that Shaddam and Count Fenring will definitely lose in the rebellion against Alia, so why write about it?
And the whole issue with Bronso of Ix was just full of bull. Paul is and will always be a one man show, bearing full responsibility of his actions. He doesn't need some wimpy outcast to do his dirty work!
Fans like me do not care too much about the what "supposedly happened" between "Dune" and "Dune Messiah" and "Children of Dune". I like all the prequel novels that Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson wrote, and even accepted the two last novels that concluded Frank Herbert's Dune Saga.
But PLEASE just stick to the prequels and STOP writing interquels to ruin Frank Herbert's Dune legacy!
