By far the most unusual entry in the series so far. There’s a lot more commentary on social issues, statecraft, and psychology than in the previous ones, although they had quite a bit of that too.

It was kind of hard to get into again, as it’s set over 3000 years after the third book and only two previously established characters appear in god emperor of dune.

Another thing to impede my progress through the book was the frequent use of antiquated terms which I had to look up. Not saying that’s a bad thing, quite the opposite… but I’d often go down a rabbithole about etymologies and related terms in english, german, french or latin. If I had to guess, I’d say there was a new word I had never seen before about every two to three pages.

Overall a lovely story about tragic fates, as usual for this series.