God Emperor of Dune

A detailed Summary of God Emperor of Dune

When Frank Herbert penned the epic Dune many, many years ago, he unleashed a whole

world of possibilites, characters, planets, and stories. Of course, his masterpiece

spawned sequels, which spawned still more sequels, and finally, at the fourth generation,

God Emperor of Dune was created. As previously stated, it is the fourth installment in

the Dune series, and shows one of the most bizarre routes that Herbert could have taken

the series to. This was truly an interesting piece to read.

Interestingly enough, this book does not cover any parts of the life of Paul

Atreides, or any of the characters from the first book, save for Duncan Idaho. However,

this is not the actual Idaho that died in the first book, but rather the resurrected "ghola"

that the Emperor pays to have made again and again. The main characters include Leto

Atreides II, the son of Paul Atreides who seeks to become God by transforming himself

into a giant sandworm. Other characters in the tale are Moneo, Leto's minister; Siona,

Moneo's daughter who hates Leto; Hwi Noree, an ambassador; and Duncan Idaho.

Herbert's description of the characters is excellent, and there is much description of Leto,

whose journals are the source of the story itself.

about the planet Arrakis and about the universe that is controlled by Leto, but the main

again uses his amazing literary skill to deliver wonderful description and paint a very

original, all of these highly important factions are still in existence and still play an

copy of the old fremen robes and some glistening garment underneath, probably their

effective picture in the reader's mind.

an all female army that Leto calls the Fish Speakers, an intriguing bit of irony for the

Approximate Word count = 913
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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