This book revolves almost entirely around the title character (more so than the prior books), but, then, the God Emperor is the dominant story of this time and place. The story really is the people, their motives and their schemes. Like most of Herbert's Dune books, this book has an operatic moves slowly and most of the book is taken up with dialogue. This is Leto's Golden Path.the future for humanity that he foresaw and planned 3500 years ago. There is no more spice, excepting centuries-old stockpiles. Arrakis is now lush and green the sandworms (except for Leto) are all but extinct. Leto is now a living deity as well as galactic emperor.prescient, super-intelligent, supremely strong, vengeful.and more sandworm than man. It is 3500 years since Leto II Atreides donned his living sandtrout armor. Ignore this book until you are familiar with Dune and the first 2 sequels. Warning: God Emperor of Dune is the third sequel to Dune. It doesn't quite measure up to the standard of the first book, but few books, anywhere, do. God Emperor of Dune compares well with the original Dune, better than the previous two sequels (Dune Messiah and Children of Dune).
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