The novel “Children of Dune” by Frank Herbert was published for the first time in 1976 serialized in the magazine “Analog Science Fiction and Fact” and then as a book. It’s the third book in the Dune saga and follows “Dune Messiah”.

Nine years after Paul Muad’dib went to the desert, his children Leto and Ghanima are decidedly out of the ordinary because they have their father’s powers. Alia is the regent but has become an Abomination and her plans for the future intersect with those of Wensicia Corrino and her son Farad’n, the heir of the House.

Climate change on Arrakis is becoming more relevant and the desert is retreating. With it, the ecosystem that allows the spice to form is shrinking. Some Fremen are abandoning the old traditions and their society is going through changes of various kinds. The social unrest is also due to the Preacher, a mysterious man who, according to some people, is Muad’dib back from the desert.