I know people who eat up political intrigue books (which is partly why A Song of Ice and Fire is so successful).

There is so much political plotting and intrigue, that it's hard to understand when characters are insulting each other, because of the subtlety. Second, this book is a political nightmare. It would have been a better transition, and with 12 years distance between the two books, would have played well with Alia. Instead, I would have much rather had the Bene Gesserit take a larger role in this book than the first. That's fine, and it can be done correctly, but it wasn't done correctly here. Instead, he writes a book, it becomes a commercial success, and then he decides to expand on it. Almost as if Frank didn't have his whole universe mapped out from the beginning. So for something that was a passing mention in the first book (you may have never picked up on it), it takes center stage in its sequel. What's strange about it, though, is the Tleilaxu were mentioned maybe twice in the previous book. Let's first start with the things that were not good, so we can end with the things that are.įirst and foremost, the Bene Tleilax play a MAJOR role in this story.

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