Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

(pb; 2006: seventh novel in the Dune series)

From the back cover

“At the end of Frank Herbert’s Chapterhouse:Dune, the Bene Gesserit sisterhood escapes the destruction and from the monstrous Honored Matres, their counterparts. To strengthen [the Bene Gesserit] forces, the fugitives have used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune’s past─including Paul Maud’Dib, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Thufir Hawat, and even Dr. Wellington Yueh. Each of these characters will use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them.

“Failure is unthinkable─not only is their survival at stake, but they hold the fate of the entire human race in their hands.”

Review

A few years after the cataclysmic events of Chapterhouse: Dune, the separated survivors from various groups─the Bene Gesserit, the Richesians, Murbella’s tumultuous Honored Matres-Bene Gesserit hybrid faction, the Tleilaxu, the Face Dancers and others─try to regroup within their territories even as they seek to outwit and outgun their enemies. Their consolidations are complicated by the shadowy threat of a mysterious, seemingly indestructible Enemy. Hunters is an especially thrilling entry in the Dune series, one that feels fresh and wild, within its familiar-gone-topsy-turvy situations: worth purchasing, this, if you are a Dune fan. Followed by Sandworms of Dune.