Mentats of DuneThe sequel to Sisterhood of Dune . . . The thinking machines have been defeated, but the struggle for humanity's future continues. Gilbertus Albans has founded the Mentat School, a place where humans can learn the efficient techniques of thinking machines. But Gilbertus walks an uneasy line in order to survive the antitechnology Butlerian fanatics, led by the madman Manford Torondo and his Swordmaster Anari Idaho. Mother Superior Raquella attempts to rebuild her Sisterhood School on Wallach IX, with her most talented student, Valya Harkonnen, who also has another goal - to exact revenge on Vorian Atreides, the legendary hero of the Jihad, whom she blames for her family's downfall. Meanwhile, Josef Venport, in charge of The VenHold Spacing Fleet, controls most commerce, thanks to the superior mutated Navigators he has created. He places a ruthless embargo on any planet that accepts Manford Torondo's antitechnology pledge, hoping to starve them into submission. The Mentats, the Navigators, and the Sisterhood all strive to improve the human race, but each group knows that as Butlerian fanaticism grows stronger, the battle will be to choose the path of humanity's future - whether to embrace civilization or to plunge into an endless dark age... |
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Mentats of Dune: Book Two of the Schools of Dune Trilogy Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson Limited preview - 2014 |