

What follows is an intricate web of political intrigue, dense mythology requiring artful exposition dumps, and a story that in some ways feels familiar even to newcomers. Also, Paul might be some kind of messiah.

There, they find themselves the center of an elaborate trap, with threats on all sides from the Harkonnens who want their cash cow back, forces within the Emperor's circle working against them, the Bene Gesserit's centuries long machinations coming to the fore and the Fremen, Arrakis natives tired of seeing new oppressors come and go.
