Dune prequel series#Legends of Dune

Prelude to Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe. The series takes place in the years leading up to the events in the original novel Dune (1965) and explores the origins of some of its characters. In 1997, Bantam Books made a $3 million deal with the authors for three Dune prequel novels that would come to be known as the Prelude to Dune trilogy. The novels draw from notes left behind by Frank Herbert after his death in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://arrakis.ru/ha_int_mf.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050119224924/http://arrakis.ru/ha_int_mf.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2005 |title=Interview with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson |website=Mir Fantastiki |date=2004 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |quote=We had already started work on House Atreides ... After we already had our general outline written and the proposal sent to publishers, then we found the outlines and notes. (This necessitated some changes, of course.) }}{{cite web|last=Ascher |first=Ian |date=2004 |url=http://www.digitalwebbing.com/interviews/042104_anderson.html |title=Kevin J. Anderson Interview |website=DigitalWebbing.com |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |quote=... we are ready to tackle the next major challenge — writing the grand climax of the saga that Frank Herbert left in his original notes sealed in a safe deposit box ... after we'd already decided what we wanted to write ... They opened up the safe deposit box and found inside the full and complete outline for Dune 7 ... Later, when Brian was cleaning out his garage, in the back he found ... over three thousand pages of Frank Herbert's other notes, background material, and character sketches. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703213605/http://www.digitalwebbing.com/interviews/042104_anderson.html }}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=539275 |title=Before Dune, After Frank Herbert |website=Amazon.com |date=2004 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=April 9, 2009 |quote=Brian was cleaning out his garage to make an office space and he found all these boxes that had "Dune Notes" on the side. And we used a lot of them for our House books. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409140828/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=539275 }}

The books in the series are:

• Dune: House Atreides (1999)
• Dune: House Harkonnen (2000)
• Dune: House Corrino (2001)

In May 2020, Boom! Studios was announced to have acquired the comic and graphic novel rights to Dune: House Atreides, with the intent of doing a 12-issue comic adaptation written by the original authors Brian Herbert and Anderson.{{Cite web|title=Dune Prequel House Atreides Comic Adaptation in the Works|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dune-prequel-house-atreides-comic-adaptation-works-1294026|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|date=May 11, 2020|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515032633/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dune-prequel-house-atreides-comic-adaptation-works-1294026|url-status=live}}

The Prelude to Dune series begins four decades before the events of Dune, with an eager Crown Prince Shaddam plotting to succeed his aging father Elrood IX, young House Atreides heir Leto becoming close with the ruling family of the important technology world Ix, and the Bene Gesserit scheming behind the scenes to create the Kwisatz Haderach. As the series progresses, Leto becomes the new Atreides Duke, Shaddam becomes the emperor and aligns with the Bene Tleilax in their takeover of Ix to develop synthetic spice, and the Bene Gesserit punish Baron Vladimir Harkonnen for raping one of them with a disease that slows his metabolism. The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen then plots his revenge against the Bene Gesserit. The Spacing Guild, having found the Tleilaxu synthetic spice to be fatal to its Navigators, forces Shaddam to capitulate to the Landsraad, with Leto playing a role in forcing Shaddam to sign humiliating peace accords, confirming his status as the emperor's leading rival.

Dune: House Atreides debuted at No. 13 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and rose to No. 12 in its second week of publication.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/books/best-sellers-october-24-1999.html |title=Best Sellers: October 24, 1999 |date=October 24, 1999 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127214052/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/books/best-sellers-october-24-1999.html }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/31/books/best-sellers-october-31-1999.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Best Sellers: October 31, 1999 |date=October 31, 1999 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127214545/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/31/books/best-sellers-october-31-1999.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm }} Dune: House Harkonnen debuted at No. 11 on the same list, and rose to No. 8 its second week.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/books/best-sellers-october-22-2000.html?gwh=DBBB37B301795F51DB255D9B8A0094E0 |title=Best Sellers: October 22, 2000 |date=October 22, 2000 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127222600/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/books/best-sellers-october-22-2000.html?gwh=DBBB37B301795F51DB255D9B8A0094E0 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/29/books/best-sellers-october-29-2000.html?src=pm |title=Best Sellers: October 29, 2000 |date=October 29, 2000 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127222635/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/29/books/best-sellers-october-29-2000.html?src=pm }} The third installment, Dune: House Corrino, debuted at No. 8 on the New York Times list.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/books/bestseller/21besthardfiction.html?gwh=719E75B77658E7FAD694274536E77977 |title=Hardcover Fiction: October 21, 2001 |date=October 21, 2001 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127223728/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/books/bestseller/21besthardfiction.html?gwh=719E75B77658E7FAD694274536E77977 }}

John Snider of SciFi Dimensions found Herbert and Anderson's Prelude to Dune prequels to be "pulpy", though he allowed that they "make [Frank] Herbert's esoteric and philosophical stories more accessible to general audiences."{{cite web |last=Snider |first=John C. |date=August 2007 |url=https://www.scifidimensions.com/Aug07/huntersofdune.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324141514/http://www.scifidimensions.com/Aug07/huntersofdune.htm |archive-date=March 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |title=Audiobook Review: Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson |website=SciFiDimensions.com |access-date=November 23, 2009}}

Legends of Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe. The series takes place over 10,000 years before the events of the 1965 novel Dune, and chronicles the universe-spanning war against thinking machines that would eventually become known as the Butlerian Jihad.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/Dune-The-Butlerian-Jihad-by-Brian-Herber--Kevin-J-Anderson--13987.php |title=Review: Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson |last=MacDonald |first=Rod |date=January 6, 2009 |website=SFCrowsnest.com (Internet Archive) |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615190055/http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/Dune-The-Butlerian-Jihad-by-Brian-Herber--Kevin-J-Anderson--13987.php }} It also explores the origins of the families and organizations that populate the distinctive universe in other Dune works.

The books in the series are:

• The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
• The Machine Crusade (2003)
• The Battle of Corrin (2004)

The series begins more than a millennium after a group of immortal, militant cyborgs calling themselves the Titans seized control of the entire universe in indestructible cymek bodies and then accidentally relinquished control to an artificial intelligence program called Omnius. Omnius and the immortal Titans rule over the 500 planets of the Synchronized Worlds with cruelty while a handful of free planets are united under the League of Nobles, a government using what resources it has to defend against machine aggression. A prominent figure in the human rebellion is Serena Butler, whose young son dies at the hands of the independent robot Erasmus and sparks the Butlerian Jihad, with humanity mounting a decisive offense against machine rule. This crusade against the machines lasts for nearly a century, with much loss of human life but ending in human victory at the Battle of Corrin. The Jihad also gives rise to the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, the Sardaukar army, the Landsraad, and House Corrino, whose Padishah Emperors rule the universe for the next 10,000 years until the events of Dune.

Dune: The Butlerian Jihad rose to No. 7 on The New York Times Best Seller list in its second week of publication.{{cite web|title=Best Sellers: October 13, 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/books/best-sellers-october-13-2002.html?gwh=BE1451A02B4094F7586F7EA8D31AE0DA |website=The New York Times |date=October 13, 2002 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127234900/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/books/best-sellers-october-13-2002.html?gwh=BE1451A02B4094F7586F7EA8D31AE0DA }} Dune: The Machine Crusade debuted at No. 7 on the list.{{cite web|title=Best Sellers: October 5, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/books/best-sellers-october-5-2003.html |website=The New York Times |date=October 5, 2003 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=May 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525092425/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/books/best-sellers-october-5-2003.html }} The third installment, Dune: The Battle of Corrin, reached No. 9 on the New York Times list.{{cite web|title=Hardcover Fiction: September 12, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/books/bestseller/0912besthardfiction.html?pagewanted=print&position=&_r=3& |website=The New York Times |date=September 12, 2004 |access-date=November 28, 2013 |archive-date=November 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128000437/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/books/bestseller/0912besthardfiction.html?pagewanted=print&position=&_r=3& }}

John Snider of SciFi Dimensions found the Legends of Dune prequels as having "cartoonish" AI characters that were "little different than Harkonnens with metal faces."

Heroes of Dune was a planned tetralogy of novels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson set in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. The potential series was initially referred to as Paul of Dune by the authors as early as 2004.{{cite web|first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |url=http://dunenovels.com/dune7blog/page95.html |access-date=November 27, 2013 |title=Dune 7 blog |publisher=DuneNovels.com |date=August 5, 2006 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012125813/http://dunenovels.com/dune7blog/page95.html }}{{cite web |url=http://arrakis.ru/ha_int_mf.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050119224924/http://arrakis.ru/ha_int_mf.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-01-19 |title=Interview with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson |publisher=Arrakis.ru |work=Mir Fantastiki |date=2004 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |quote=Half of the story is set in the Jihad between Dune and Dune Messiah, when Princess Irulan decides to become Paul's official biographer, and she will tell the other half of the story, chronicling Paul's younger years (between House Corrino and Dune) }} These novels were intended to "fill in the story" between Frank Herbert's early Dune novels.

The books in the series are:

• Paul of Dune (2008)
• The Winds of Dune (2009)
• {{visible anchor|Princess of Dune}} (2023)

Half of the story of Paul of Dune takes place between Frank Herbert's Dune (1965) and Dune Messiah (1969) as Paul's Jihad rages, Shaddam seeks to regain his throne and Princess Irulan accepts the "task of building the legend of Muad'Dib". She in turn chronicles Paul's early years (between the 2001 prequel Dune: House Corrino and the 2020 prequel Dune: The Duke of Caladan), which feature "his friendship with Duncan and Gurney and Duke Leto's War of Assassins against Grumman".{{cite web|last=Ascher |first=Ian |date=2004 |url=http://www.digitalwebbing.com/interviews/042104_anderson.html |title=Kevin J. Anderson Interview |publisher=DigitalWebbing.com |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |quote=[The series] fills the gap betweenHouse Corrino and Dune: in other words, the younger years of Paul Atreides and his friendships with Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck interwoven with the story of Paul's Jihad, which fits between Dune and Dune Messiah. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703213605/http://www.digitalwebbing.com/interviews/042104_anderson.html }}{{cite web|last=Adams |first=John Joseph |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=5&id=37444 |date=August 9, 2006 |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |title=New Dune Books Resume Story |publisher=SciFi.com |access-date=November 27, 2013 |quote=[The series will] tell the story of Paul's younger years, his friendship with Duncan and Gurney and Duke Leto's War of Assassins against Grumman ... And it will also fill in the story between Dune and Dune Messiah, Paul's great Jihad, Princess Irulan's task of building the legend of Muad'Dib, Shaddam's bid for a return to power... |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224104054/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=5&id=37444 }}{{cite web|title=Paul of Dune |publisher=DuneNovels.com |access-date=November 28, 2013 |url=http://www.dunenovels.com/books/paul.html |archive-date=August 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822064047/http://www.dunenovels.com/books/paul.html }} The Winds of Dune (originally announced as Jessica of Dune){{cite web|first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |access-date=November 28, 2013 |title=Sandworms of Dune blog |publisher=DuneNovels.com |date=March 23, 2007 |url=http://www.dunenovels.com/wormsblog/page007.html |archive-date=October 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029044350/http://www.dunenovels.com/wormsblog/page007.html }}{{cite web|first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |access-date=November 28, 2013 |title=Dune blog |publisher=DuneNovels.com |date=April 14, 2008 |url=http://www.dunenovels.com/blog/page033.html |archive-date=June 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620185036/http://www.dunenovels.com/blog/page033.html }} chronicles events between Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah (1969) and Children of Dune (1976),{{cite web|first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |url=http://www.dunenovels.com/articles/tags-blog/chronology |title=Dune blog: Official Story Chronology |publisher=DuneNovels.com |date=November 29, 2009 |access-date=November 28, 2013 |archive-date=November 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128183340/http://www.dunenovels.com/articles/tags-blog/chronology }} as well as events between the prequel sections of Paul of Dune and the original Dune, and events between Paul of Dune and Dune Messiah. The third novel, Princess of Dune, focuses on Irulan and Chani two years before the events of Dune.{{cite web |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250906267/princessofdune |title=Princess of Dune |publisher=MacMacmillan Publishers |date= |access-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601022125/https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250906267/princessofdune |url-status=live }}

The final two novels in the series were to be called The Throne of Dune (formerly Irulan of Dune) and Leto of Dune (formerly The Golden Path of Dune). However, in a July 2010 blog post Anderson announced that these novels had been postponed due to plans by Herbert and Anderson to publish a trilogy (later known as Great Schools of Dune) about "the formation of the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, the Suk doctors, the Spacing Guild and the Navigators, as well as the solidifying of the Corrino imperium."{{cite web|first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |url=http://www.dunenovels.com/articles/brainstorming-sisterhood-dune |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |title=Brainstorming The Sisterhood of Dune |publisher=DuneNovels.com |date=July 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518041200/http://www.dunenovels.com/articles/brainstorming-sisterhood-dune }} In January 2023, Brian Herbert announced a third Heroes of Dune novel, Princess of Dune, a prequel focused on Chani and Irulan, set two years before the events of Dune.{{Cite tweet |author=Brian Herbert |user=DuneAuthor |number=1613594737705123842 |title=Our next Dune novel from Tor Books}} It was released on October 3, 2023.

In Paul of Dune, Paul Atreides's childhood lessons in the political intrigues of the empire are juxtaposed with his current struggle to secure his control over it. His Fremen armies are spread across the universe in attempt to bring rebel worlds to heel, and Paul avoids one assassination attempt only to nearly die in another.{{cite book |last=Herbert|first=Brian |author2=Kevin J. Anderson |title=Paul of Dune |date=2008}} In The Winds of Dune, Paul's disappearance into the desert has left a power vacuum, and his closest advisors struggle to determine what path his empire should take.{{cite book |last=Herbert|first=Brian |author2=Kevin J. Anderson |title=The Winds of Dune |date=2009}}

The Winds of Dune rose to No. 15 on The New York Times Best Seller list in its second week of publication.{{cite web|title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2009-08-23/hardcover-fiction/list.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 23, 2009 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127233706/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2009-08-23/hardcover-fiction/list.html }}

Great Schools of Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe. A sequel to the Legends of Dune trilogy (2002–2004), the series takes place nearly a century after the events of Brian Herbert and Anderson's Dune: The Battle of Corrin (2004), in which the Army of Humanity finally defeats the thinking machine armies of Omnius. Now, the fledgling Bene Gesserit, Mentat and Suk Schools, as well as the Spacing Guild, are threatened by the independent anti-technology forces gaining power in the aftermath of the Butlerian Jihad.{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2273-9 |title=Fiction Book Review: Sisterhood of Dune |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=November 21, 2013 |date=November 14, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013819/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2273-9 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Searle|first=Brenda|title=Review: Sisterhood of Dune|url=http://www.portlandbookreview.com/sisterhood-of-dune/|publisher=Portland Book Review|access-date=November 21, 2013|date=August 1, 2012|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010359/http://portlandbookreview.com/sisterhood-of-dune/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Official site: Sisterhood of Dune |url=http://www.dunenovels.com/novel/sisterhood-dune |website=DuneNovels.com (Internet Archive) |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=November 21, 2013 |date=January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113221237/http://www.dunenovels.com/novel/sisterhood-dune }} The Great Schools of Dune trilogy, first discussed by Anderson in a 2009 interview and later named by him in a 2010 blog post, chronicles the early years of these organizations, which figure prominently in the original Dune novels.{{cite web|last=Neuman |first=Clayton |date=August 17, 2009 |url=http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/08/brian-herbert-interview.php |title=Winds of Dune Author Brian Herbert on Flipping the Myth of Jihad |website=AMCtv.com (Internet Archive) |access-date=March 31, 2014 |quote=But we think there are perhaps three more Dune novels after Heroes. We may go on to the founding of the great schools: Dad says there are five, but we're going to do it in three. You've got the Bene Gesserit -- that would be The Sisterhood of Dune; then there's The Mentats of Dune and The Swordmasters of Dune. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921011119/http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/08/brian-herbert-interview.php |archive-date=September 21, 2009 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mediamikes.com/2013/03/kevin-j-anderson-talks-about-books-hellhole-awakening-mentats-of-dune-and-working-with-rushs-neil-peart-on-clockwork-angels/ |title=Kevin J. Anderson talks about books Hellhole Awakening, Mentats of Dune and working with Rush's Neil Peart on Clockwork Angels |first=Mike |last=Gencarelli |website=MediaMikes.com |date=March 27, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002713/http://www.mediamikes.com/2013/03/kevin-j-anderson-talks-about-books-hellhole-awakening-mentats-of-dune-and-working-with-rushs-neil-peart-on-clockwork-angels/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://kjablog.com/?p=4946 |title=Mentats of Dune final cover and jacket text |date=November 15, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |website=KJAblog.com (Internet Archive) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127183839/http://kjablog.com/?p=4946 }}{{cite web |url=http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/01/a-conversation-with-kevin-j-anderson/ |title=A Conversation with Kevin J. Anderson |work=Amazing Stories |first=Adam |last=Gaffen |date=January 22, 2013 |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605232738/http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/01/a-conversation-with-kevin-j-anderson/ |url-status=live }} Though the third and final novel was originally identified by Anderson as The Swordmasters of Dune in 2009, in 2014 Brian Herbert and Anderson confirmed that its title would be Navigators of Dune.{{cite web |url=http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2014/04/interview-brian-herbert-and-kevin-j-anderson-on-dune.html |title=Interview: Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson on Dune |date=April 9, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=FlickeringMyth.com |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216171911/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2014/04/interview-brian-herbert-and-kevin-j-anderson-on-dune/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/off-the-radar/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208095457/http://kjablog.com/off-the-radar/ |title=Off the Radar |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=November 22, 2014 |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |access-date=January 15, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/brainstorming-navigators-of-dune/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209004929/http://kjablog.com/brainstorming-navigators-of-dune/ |title=Brainstorming Navigators of Dune |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=November 25, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2014 |access-date=January 17, 2015}} It was released on September 13, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/09/add-all-19-of-these-new-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-to-your-september-reading-list/ |title=Add All 19 of These New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Your September Reading List |website=Gizmodo |first=Cheryl |last=Eddy |date=September 5, 2016 |access-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-date=September 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906060052/http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/09/add-all-19-of-these-new-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-to-your-september-reading-list/ |url-status=live }}

The books in the series are:

• Sisterhood of Dune (2012)
• Mentats of Dune (2014)
• Navigators of Dune (2016)

In Sisterhood of Dune, the anti-technology Butlerian movement is gaining momentum under the leadership of the popular Manford Torondo. He and his forces are scouring the universe to cleanse humanity of its reliance on convenient technologies, destroying any machinery they can find. Torondo's growing power threatens the Corrino Emperor Salvador, as well as the Sisterhood on Rossak and the Mentat School on Lampadas, each of which harbors secret technology. Space travel tycoon Josef Venport also plots to salvage machinery which he believes can be useful in his business empire.{{cite book |last=Herbert|first=Brian |author2=Kevin J. Anderson |title=Sisterhood of Dune |date=2012}} Mentats of Dune finds Gilbertus Albans carefully managing his Mentat School under the watchful eye of the fanatical Butlerians, while Raquella Berto-Anirul seeks to rebuild her own Sisterhood School on Wallach IX. To secure his control of interstellar commerce and strike a blow against the Butlerians, Venport places a trade embargo on any planet which embraces Torondo's movement.

Sisterhood of Dune debuted at No. 23 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller List,{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E7D9123EF931A15752C0A9649D8B63 |title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction: Sunday, January 22, 2012 |date=January 22, 2012 |website=NYTimes.com (Internet Archive) |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127174445/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E7D9123EF931A15752C0A9649D8B63 }} and Mentats of Dune was released at No. 17 on the same list.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-03-30/hardcover-fiction/list.html |title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction |date=March 30, 2014 |website=The New York Times |access-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202210535/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-03-30/hardcover-fiction/list.html |url-status=live }} Publishers Weekly called Sisterhood a "shallow but fun blend of space opera and dynastic soap opera."

In July 2020, Herbert and Anderson introduced a new trilogy of prequel novels called the Caladan trilogy, set after Dune: House Corrino (2001) and before Dune (1965).{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/dune-trilogy-october-with-publication-of-the-duke-of-caladan/|title=New Dune Trilogy Launches in October with Publication of The Duke of Caladan|first=Collier|last=Jennings|date=July 10, 2020|website=Comic Book Resources|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030052434/https://www.cbr.com/dune-trilogy-october-with-publication-of-the-duke-of-caladan/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://lrmonline.com/news/dune-is-getting-a-new-trilogy/|title=Dune Is Getting a New Trilogy|first=Joseph Jammer|last=Medina|date=July 10, 2020|website=LRM Online|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807023814/https://lrmonline.com/news/dune-is-getting-a-new-trilogy/|url-status=live}}

The books in the series are:

• The Duke of Caladan (2020)
• The Lady of Caladan (2021)
• The Heir of Caladan (2022)

In 2011, Publishers Weekly called the series "a sprawling edifice that Frank Herbert's son and Anderson have built on the foundation of the original Dune novels." Jon Michaud of The New Yorker wrote in 2013, "The conversion of Dune into a franchise, while pleasing readers and earning royalties for the Herbert estate, has gone a long way toward obscuring the power of the original novel."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/dune-endures |title=Dune Endures |first=Jon |last=Michaud |magazine=The New Yorker |date=July 12, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2015 |archive-date=August 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822023640/http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/dune-endures |url-status=live }}

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