The novel “The Battle of Corrin” by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson was published for the first time in 2004. It’s the third book in the Legends of Dune trilogy and follows “The Machine Crusade”.

Omnius has ordered the development of a virus to attack free humanity at the suggestion of a traitor. Erasmus and a Tlulaxa prisoner create a virus with a direct mortality rate of 43% and attack the planets of the League of Nobles. Doctor Raquella Berto-Anirul realizes that patients who regularly consume the spice imported from Arrakis are more likely to not get sick or at least recover.

For Omnius, bacteriological warfare is only the first step in an offensive aimed at striking at the heart of free humanity. However, Vorian Atreides wants to start a counteroffensive to attack the planets controlled by the thinking machines. To do so, he must use spaceships that use space-folding technology, which Norma Cenva hasn’t yet managed to make risk-free.