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Preludes · about 15 years before Dune

Dune: House Corrino

Shaddam bets on synthetic spice, and Ix becomes a battleground

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A year after the War of Assassins, Duke Leto backs an assault on Ix to return the planet to House Vernius and his friend Rhombur, while his concubine, Jessica, is pregnant. Emperor Shaddam IV launches the Great Spice War to make the universe dependent on his synthetic spice, ajidamal. The Harkonnens raid Fremen villages, and the Bene Gesserit wait for Jessica to bear the daughter meant to lead to the Kwisatz Haderach. Shaddam's plans fall apart, and Ix returns to the Vernius. In the end, Jessica defies the Bene Gesserit and has a boy, Paul, upending everything the sisterhood planned and setting the stage for Dune.

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  1. ReferenceNot what the Bene Gesserit planned

    The Bene Gesserit expect Jessica to give birth to a daughter, the key to their plan. The book ends showing things don't go as intended.

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  2. Behind the scenesShaddam's fake spice

    Emperor Shaddam IV bets on a synthetic spice, ajidamal, and launches the Great Spice War to make the universe dependent on it.

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  3. Behind the scenesAn ending that leaves doors open

    Publishers Weekly praised it as a good, steady, enjoyable tale and noted the hint that the Dune saga was far from over.

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  4. ReferenceIt closed the comics trilogy

    BOOM! Studios announced an 8-issue adaptation in February 2024, completing the comic versions of all three preludes.

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