28 // Children of Dune

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert | **** | Only four stars here, primarily because in the third installment of the Dune series, Herbert starts spinning intrigues off that seem to assume the reader knows what's going on inside his head. Things that were made explicit in the first two books suddenly require mental chess, which does not make for a relaxing reading experience. Still -- it's a solid move forward in the mythology of the world he's creating, and it still has something to say for the world we inhabit.