4.0 / 5
Year
1985
Publisher
Ace Books
ISBN
978-0441102679
Fiction
Chapterhouse: Dune
by Frank Herbert
The Bene Gesserit run their own late‑game campaign, juggling genetics, memory, and geopolitics like a very calm chaos engineer.
Geek’s cut
Messiah narratives, ecological warfare, and political game theory on a planet made of anxiety sand. It rewards obsessive re-reading and punishes casual skimming.
Deeper dive
Less about sandworms, more about institutions that refuse to die. It’s full of slow, tactical conversations where every line feels like it’s hiding three contingency plans.
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