The eighth book―and part two in the compelling conclusion ― of Frank Herbert's Dune series, one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, the series is science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings , a brilliantly imaginative epic of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and immense scope. At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past―Including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica―to use their special talents against a horrific threat that intends to annihilate the human race. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, Sandworms of Dune at last reveals the origin of the Honored Matres, the tantalizing future of the planet Arrakis, the final revelation of the Kwisatz Haderach, and the resolution to the war between humans and thinking machines that has raged for thousands of years. The incredible finale to one of the greatest stories in science fiction. “I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings .” ― Arthur C. Clarke on Dune “Appealing and gripping…Fascinating detail, yet cloaked in mystery and mysticism.” ― Milwaukee Journal on Heretics of Dune “The vast and fascinating Dune saga sweeps on---as exciting and gripping as ever.” ― Kirkus Reviews on Chapterhouse: Dune “This compelling saga of men and women struggling for their freedom is required reading for Dune fans.” ― Library Journal on Dune: The Butlerian Jihad “Dune addicts will happily devour Herbert and Anderson's spicy conclusion to their second prequel trilogy.” ― Publishers Weekly on Dune: The Battle of Corrin “Entertaining.” ― Publishers Weekly on Hunters of Dune BRIAN HERBERT, the son of Frank Herbert, wrote the definitive biography of his father, Dreamer of Dune , which was a Hugo Award finalist. Herbert is also president of the company managing the legacy of Frank Herbert, and is an executive producer of the motion picture Dune , as well as of the streaming series Dune: Prophecy . He is the author or coauthor of more than forty-five books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, has been nominated for the Nebula Award, and is always working on several projects at once. He and his wife, Jan, have traveled to all seven continents, and in 2019, they took a trip to Budapest to observe the filming of Dune . KEVIN J. Anderson has written dozens of national bestsellers and has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers’ Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include the ambitious space opera series the Saga of Seven Suns, including The Dark Between the Stars , as well as the epic fantasy trilogy Wake the Dragon and the Terra Incognita fantasy epic with its two accompanying rock CDs. He also set the Guinness-certified world record for the largest single-author book signing, and was recently inducted into the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame. Sandworms of Dune By Herbert, Brian Tor Science Fiction Copyright © 2008 Herbert, Brian All right reserved. ISBN: 9780765351494 Chapter One So many people I knew in the past are not yet reborn. I still miss them, even though I do not remember them. The axlotl tanks will soon remedy that. —Lady Jessica,  The Ghola Aboard the wandering no-ship Ithaca, Jessica witnessed the birth of her daughter, but only as an observer. Just fourteen years old, she and many others crowded the medical center, while two Bene Gesserit Suk doctors in the adjacent creche prepared to extract the tiny girl child from an axlotl tank. “Alia,” one of the female doctors murmured. This was not truly Jessica’s daughter, but a ghola grown from preserved cells. None of the young gholas on the no-ship were “themselves” yet. They had regained none of their memories, none of their pasts. Something tried to surface at the back of her mind, and though she worried at it like a loose tooth, Jessica could not remember the first time Alia had been born. In the archives, she had read and reread the legendary accounts generated by Muad’Dib’s biographers. But she couldn’t remember. All she had were images from her studies: A dry and dusty sietch on Arrakis, surrounded by Fremen. Jessica and her son Paul had been on the run, taken in by the desert tribe. Duke Leto was dead, murdered by Harkonnens. Pregnant, Jessica had drunk the Water of Life, forever changing the fetus inside her. From the moment of her birth, the original Alia had been different from all other babies, filled with ancient wisdom and madness, able to tap into Other Memory without having gone through the Spice Agony. Abomination! That had been another Alia. Another time and another way. Now Jessica stood beside her ghola “son” Paul, who was chronologically a year older than she. Paul w