Work

Spice Planet Part 1

Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson · 2005short story

Genre
- science fiction
- space opera
Theme
- addiction
- political intrigue
Place
- other star systems
- desert
Time
- far future
Tone
- dark
Audience
- adult

Also present

Themeclass conflict
Tonetense

The opening half of an alternate Dune, drafted from Frank Herbert's original outline and completed by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson: House Linkam challenges House Hoskanner, precursor to the Harkonnens, for control of the spice-producing desert planet, its stakes framed around decadence and addiction rather than ecology.

Summary by Loreful, from public sources

Placement

contained in The Road to Dunecollection