Spice Planet

Built from a detailed outline Frank Herbert left behind, this stand-alone novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson reimagines Dune's origins as a leaner, faster tale: House Linkam, a version of House Atreides, seizes temporary control of Duneworld from its rival House Hoskanner to settle a long-running dispute. Familiar names and places recur, but the story charts its own path rather than retelling the novel readers already know.