Series
The Caladan Trilogy
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson · 3 novels · 2020–2022
Set in the years leading up to Frank Herbert's Dune, the Caladan Trilogy follows Duke Leto Atreides, Lady Jessica, and their young son Paul during a politically fraught stretch of Atreides rule on their home planet, before the fateful move to Arrakis. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson use the household's private struggles and rivalries to build toward the events of the original novel, treating Caladan itself, rather than the desert planet, as the emotional center. The trilogy comprises The Duke of Caladan, The Lady of Caladan, and The Heir of Caladan.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
The Caladan Trilogy at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2020s3
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Duke of Caladandarkest · calmest
- The Lady of Caladanbrightest · most intense