Messiah of Dune

By Frank Herbert

Everything that makes Dune amazing is continued in Messiah of Dune. Seriously - the massive world-building gets bigger, the historical and mythological lore expand, the political drama leads to more complicated webs of lies and deceit for the sake of power. It's awesome. If you just looked at the content of the book, it's already worthy of praise. Factoring in the dialogue and the writing makes it even better. As in the first book, entire chapters are dedicated to conversations between just a few characters, and we get to hear it ALL. Unlike the beginning of Dune, we know a little bit about what is going on so reading through these chapters isn't as difficult as it was in the first book, in my opinion.

The plot is also fun, engaging, keeps you guessing, moves the Dune universe forward; you name it.  Once again, I highly recommend reading this series. (10/06/2021)