Science fiction
Children of Dune
The third Dune novel, set years after the first two. A powerful family's young heirs grow up under the shadow of a vast legacy, while old factions and an empire under pressure scheme to take control of their future.
- First published
- 1976
- Pace
- Slow
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 623
- Format
- Book 3 of 6 in Dune
Read this if you've read the first Dune books and want more of its dense politics, religion and philosophy.
Skip this if you haven't read Dune and its sequel, since this assumes both and has little hand-holding.
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