Two decades later, Herbert's son Brian Herbert, along with Kevin J. Anderson, published two sequels – Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ) – based on notes left behind by Frank Herbert for what he referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the Dune series.

Two decades after Frank Herbert's death, his son Brian Herbert, along with Kevin J. Anderson, published two sequels – Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ) – based on notes left behind by Frank Herbert for what he referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the Dune series.

The character is brought back as a ghola in the Herbert / Anderson sequels which conclude the original series, Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ).

* Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 )

The character is brought back as two different gholas in the Brian Herbert / Kevin J. Anderson novels which conclude the original series, Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ).

In 2007's Sandworms of Dune, the young Paul ghola ultimately duels Paolo.

In the 2007 sequel, Sandworms of Dune, the thinking machines have unleashed decimating viruses on planet after planet, while Face Dancers infiltrate human civilization in their own insidious plot to take over the universe.

A ghola of Gurney is " conceived " in Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), a sequel to the original Frank Herbert series written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, but is killed during gestation in an act of sabotage.

Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson continued from the original series with Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), originally planned to be Dune 7 by Frank Herbert.

In the series finale, Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), it is revealed that the autonomous Face Dancers are creations of the reincarnated thinking machine leaders Omnius and Erasmus but seek to overthrow their machine " masters " as well.

In Sandworms of Dune, the Reverend Mother Sheeana, on the no-ship Ithaca, begins to grow a ghola of the Duke in secret.

The character is brought back as a ghola in the Brian Herbert / Kevin J. Anderson sequels which conclude the original series, Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ).

In the concluding novel Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), Leto ( like Sheeana ) can control the worms.

The character is brought back as a ghola in the Herbert / Anderson sequels which conclude the original series, Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ).

His early life is explored in Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Prelude to Dune trilogy ( 1999-2001 ), and the character is brought back as a ghola in their conclusion to the original series, Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ).

After publishing their six prequel novels, Brian Herbert and Anderson released Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), which complete the chronological progression of the original series and wrap up storylines that began with Frank Herbert's Heretics of Dune.

Many of the ideas in The Dune Encyclopedia were contradicted in the later Dune prequel series Prelude to Dune ( 1999-2001 ) and Legends of Dune ( 2002-2004 ), written after Frank Herbert's death by Brian Herbert ( Frank Herbert's son ) and Kevin J. Anderson, as well as their additional novels Hunters of Dune ( 2006 ) and Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), which attempt to complete the original series.

In Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), mysterious saboteurs conduct crippling attacks on the no-ship's systems, and Teg suspects that Face Dancers had infiltrated the ship during their escape from the planet of the Handlers in Hunters of Dune.

The authors have stated that the novel is based on notes left behind by Frank Herbert, but that Hunters and its 2007 sequel Sandworms of Dune represent their version of what Frank Herbert referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the Dune series.

In Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), the dagger is used by Paolo in his duel-to-the-death with the Bene Gesserit's own Paul Atreides ghola.

In Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Duncan Idaho is revealed to be the final Kwisatz Haderach destined to bring together humans and thinking machines.

Sandworms have reappeared on Arrakis ( now called Rakis ) and renewed the flow of the all-important spice melange to the galaxy.

Sandworms are described as " incredibly tough " by Liet-Kynes, who further notes that " high voltage electrical shock applied separately to each ring segment " is the only known way to kill and preserve them ; atomics are the only explosive powerful enough to kill an entire worm, with conventional explosives being unfeasible as " each ring segment has a life of its own.

Sandworms grow to hundreds of meters in length, with specimens observed over 400 meters ( 1, 312 ft ) long and 40 meters ( 131 ft ) in diameter, although Paul becomes a sandrider by summoning a worm that " appeared to be " around half a league ( 2, 778 meters ) or more in length.

Beetlejuice ( often addressed as just " Beej " or " BJ " by Lydia ) is able to change shape, transform and conjure objects, teleport, and perform other feats of magic, although his powers can be reduced by various circumstances, such as encounters with Sandworms ( despite the fact that he has enough power to subdue them with ease ) or when his head becomes separated from his body.

For example: in " Worm Welcome " when Beetlejuice found out that " Worm Your Way " deodorant, causes baby Sandworms to go crazy, he was scared Lydia would be eaten by the baby Sandworm thus in turn, makes himself shout her name.

In Sandworms of Dune ( 2007 ), the sequel to Hunters and finale of the original Dune series, the Spacing Guild has begun replacing its Navigators with the more cost-effective Ixian navigation devices and cutting off the Navigators ' supply of melange.

Sandworms are animals similar in appearance to colossal terrestrial annelids and in other ways to the lamprey.

Sandworms will not attack sandtrout.

The implication within Herbert's last two Dune novels of the ' prescient hold ' that the residual ganglia within the Sandworms ( and presumably Sand Plankton and Sandtrout ) within the ecosphere on Dune, raises an important concept-the pre-Leto Sandworms also possessed ganglia, and therefore also must therefore have exercised a ' prescient hold ' on the Universe in general.

Being essentially animals, and non-sentient, this hold would then have expressed itself in the form of randomness, violent events, and even reproductively driven cycles within the lives of the Sandworms.

As Dune begins, a longstanding feud exists between the Harkonnens of Giedi Prime and the Atreides of Caladan.

He takes control of both the empire and the Bene Gesserit breeding program in Children of Dune, and begins his own transformation into a sandworm to give himself the time he needs for his Golden Path to be fully realized.

As the novel Dune begins, House Harkonnen is headed by the cruel yet cunning Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

* Frank Herbert begins researching Dune.

As Dune begins, Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam ( Jessica's former instructor ) is still furious over Jessica's insubordination, but is somewhat intrigued by the potential she sees in 15-year old Paul.

In Hunters of Dune, the 2006 Brian Herbert / Anderson sequel to Chapterhouse Dune, the Navigator Edrik fears his kind's obsolescence when the Spacing Guild itself ( pressured by a shortage of melange ) begins funding the development of superior Ixian navigation technology that would not require Navigators.

As Dune begins, the " old crone " Reverend Mother Mohiam comes to Caladan to " test " young Paul Atreides before his departure for Arrakis.

In Dune, Paul's prescience begins manifesting itself through dreams while he is still living in his ancestral home on the planet Caladan ; he sees Chani in these visions, though they have not yet met.

Dune Messiah begins with " Excerpts from the Death Cell Interview with Bronso of Ix ," a historian imprisoned and condemned to death for his critical analyses of Paul " Muad ' Dib " Atreides and his histories, as presented by Paul's followers.

This " interview " — and a subsequent excerpt from Bronso's Analysis of History: Muad ' dib — serve to summarize the plot of Dune and establish the political and religious conflicts in play as the novel begins.

This act begins both his transformation into the half-man, half-worm God Emperor and the transformation of the spice-rich desert planet Dune into the paradise of Rakis.

When Shaddam starts to act without Fenring's counsel due to jealousy, he begins making grievous mishaps ; namely, using atomic weapons and a biological plague, and threatening to destroy Arrakis (' Dune ').

As Dune begins, a longstanding feud exists between the decadent House Harkonnen of Giedi Prime and the honorable House Atreides of Caladan.

As Frank Herbert's Dune ( 1965 ) begins, Duke Leto Atreides finds himself in a dangerous position ; the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV has put him in control of the desert planet Arrakis, known as Dune, which is the only natural source of the all-important spice melange.

As Dune begins, Feyd-Rautha figures heavily in the Baron's plans to gain power for House Harkonnen.

The novel begins on the planet of Arrakis, 35 years before the events of the original novel Dune.

The persona of the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Alia's maternal grandfather whom she had herself killed as a child at the end of Dune, begins to assert control over her, and threatens to overtake Alia's consciousness altogether.

In the series of novels which begins with Dune, the language is said to be based on another fictitious language, the Bhotani Jib.

As Dune begins, the 81st Padishah Emperor is Shaddam Corrino IV, successor to Elrood IX ; all that is noted of Elrood in Dune is that he had died by chaumurky ( poison ) and that Shaddam's close friend Count Hasimir Fenring was rumored to have been responsible.