Chapterhouse: Dune informs the tale of specifically just how the Bene Gesserit resist, as well as likewise so it were that uncomplicated. In the tons about years because Apostates of Dune concluded, the Honoured Matres have virtually completely damaged the Bene Gesserit. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.Īnd if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.Chapterhouse: Dune continues relatively carefully after the events of Apostates of Dune, unlike a few of the earlier spaces in the collection (which have actually totaled up to over 5 thousand years because the first Dune). I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks.

To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.Īnd that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.

I tell them that I belong, and they believe me.īut the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilized society in allowing my strength, my drive, and my focus-what they call Will-to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. The Catenan Republic-the Hierarchy-may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally best-selling author of the Licanius Trilogy James Islington.

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