
Heretics of Dune
Book 5 of Dune
- 512 pages · about 9 hours
- First published 1984
- 48 editions
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1 About this book
Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the fifth in his Dune series of six novels.
Set 1,500 years after the events of God Emperor of Dune (1981), the novel finds humanity on the path set for them by the tyrant Leto II Atreides to guarantee their survival. But a new threat arrives in the form of the Honored Matres, a brutal matriarchy from beyond the known universe whose only goals are conquest and destruction.
Heretics of Dune was ranked as the No. 13 hardcover fiction best seller of 1984 by The New York Times.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: science fiction, space opera, and a long read.
- Science fiction
- Dune (Imaginary place)
- Imaginary places
- Space Opera
2 About Frank Herbert
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