Saul’s Reviews > Heretics of Dune > Status Update

Much of the book is revealed in the last two chapters. To some degree it's quite interesting. But at the same time it's also frustrating. Too much too late, given that the action and narrative exposition is so uneven.

The plot thickens. Too bad it's full of senseless junk. The planet Gammu seems to be some throwback that resembles east Germany during the Cold War. What was Herbert thinking?

Three quarters into the book, the plot begins to take better shape. I'd have to read this more than once in order to tell if enough clues exist to understand things without explicit exposition. The chatter between characters is interesting, but not always meaningful. Or perhaps I'm just not paying attention.

The story is a bit cryptic from my point of view. While not bad, I'm not sure how HoD adds meaningful context to the Dune universe.