Review of 'Dune: The Battle of Corrin'
Dune: The Battle of Corrin by Kevin J. Anderson, and Brian Herbert
3rd book in the 'Legends of Dune' series
The conclusion to the Legends of Dune trilogy sees the machines beaten back to a single planet: Corrin. The machines, though confined to the planet show more and more ingenious ways of attacking from behind their wall. Vorian Atreides is frustrated by the lack of any support for an all-out attack on the planet but will circumstances conspire to get him what he wants anyway? The cymeks are all but destroyed but are planning their revenge both on mankind but also on Omnius, will they get it? Meanwhile the origins of the spacing guild are made all too clear as the experimentation with melange by Norma Cenva comes to a grotesque conclusion. All the other loose ends: the Fremen and the Bene Gesserit also have their origins exposed. Even the origin of the feud between Atreides and Harkonnen. This novel seems to be able to very tidily pull all the various threads from the previous two novels together to set the stage for the Dune universe as it is understood in the original novels. The characters and motivations seem to be very believable with the story moving on at a tremendous pace. A great finale to this short series. Now waiting for the seventh in the original Dune series…
Rating: “Nearly perfect, but not quite”
Review Date: 2006-03-21
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 978-0340823385
Other reviewed books in the 'Legends of Dune' series:
- Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (Book 1)
- Dune: The Machine Crusade (Book 2)
Other reviewed books by Kevin J. Anderson, and Brian Herbert:
- Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (Book 1 of Legends of Dune)
- Dune: The Machine Crusade (Book 2 of Legends of Dune)
- Hunters of Dune (Book 7 of Dune)
- Prelude to Dune: House Atreides (Book 1 of Prelude to Dune)
- Prelude to Dune: House Corrino (Book 3 of Prelude to Dune)
- Prelude to Dune: House Harkonnen (Book 2 of Prelude to Dune)
- Sisterhood of Dune: The Origin of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood (Book 1 of The Schools of Dune)