By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
"Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas" "A Whisper of Caladan Seas", by
Brian Herbert and
Kevin J. Anderson, was published in the 1999 issue of
Amazing Stories. It was the first official
Dune written work since the death of Frank Herbert, and the first collaboration between Brian Herbert and Anderson. It was later reprinted in the 2001 short story collection
Dogged Persistence, and in September 2005 in the collection
The Road to Dune. The story takes place during the
Harkonnen attack on Arrakis during the course of the original
Dune by Frank Herbert. It depicts a group of
Atreides soldiers trapped in a cave in the Shield Wall outside Arrakeen. One of the soldiers, a master story teller, recounts tales of
Caladan, the sea-covered ancestral homeworld of House Atreides. A group of
Fremen warriors find the soldiers shortly after and discover that the soldiers have all magically drowned — a fate that has never happened previously on the desert planet of Arrakis.
Adaptation In December 2021,
Boom! Studios published a one-shot comic adaptation of
A Whisper of Caladan Seas written by the original authors
Brian Herbert and
Kevin J. Anderson.
"Dune: Hunting Harkonnens" "Hunting Harkonnens", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, was first released online in 2002 prior to the release of the first
Legends of Dune novel,
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad; it was later published in the 2005 collection
The Road to Dune. In the short story, Ulf and Katarina Harkonnen and their son Piers (the parents and brother of
Xavier Harkonnen) are travelling to
Salusa Secundus when they are attacked by
thinking machines under the command of General
Agamemnon, a
cymek. The Harkonnen ship is severely damaged and the 20-year-old Piers is ejected in an escape pod. He lands on the planet
Caladan and meets a band of primitives who assist him in taking vengeance against the cymeks.
"Dune: Whipping Mek" "Whipping Mek", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, appeared online in 2003 prior to the release of the second
Legends of Dune novel,
Dune: The Machine Crusade; it was later published in the collection
The Road to Dune. In the story, young
Vergyl Tantor is serving in the Army of the Jihad on
Giedi Prime during the
Butlerian Jihad when his mentor and adopted brother Xavier Harkonnen arrives for repairs to be done to his battered fleet of warships. Vergyl, eager to fight the Thinking Machines, is pleased to encounter a mercenary from
Ginaz who uses a captured machine for training purposes.
"Dune: The Faces of a Martyr" "The Faces of a Martyr", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, was first released online in 2004 prior to the release of the third
Legends of Dune novel,
Dune: The Battle of Corrin; it was re-published in the 2005 collection
The Road to Dune. By the time of this short story, Leaders Xavier Harkonnen,
Iblis Ginjo and
Serena Butler are dead, but the Butlerian Jihad continues. The Army of the Jihad attack the
Tlulaxa homeworld as vengeance for their actions in
The Machine Crusade; one scientist, however, escapes to thinking machine territory. There he offers his services to the
evermind Omnius, and sets about creating a
clone of Serena. Meanwhile, in the
League of Nobles,
Vorian Atreides attempts to combat the slurs on Xavier's name by confronting Ginjo's wife.
"Dune: Sea Child" "Sea Child", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, was published on May 16, 2006 in the
tsunami benefit anthology
Elemental; it was re-released in the paperback edition of
The Road to Dune, in the June 12, 2011 collection
Tales of Dune, and in the July 17, 2017 collection
Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition. It takes place during the events of
Chapterhouse: Dune, and focuses on the
Honored Matre invasion of the
Bene Gesserit planet
Buzzell, the only source of precious
soostones.
Corysta is a banished
Reverend Mother, sent to Buzzell for the crime of loving her child and refusing to give it up to the Bene Gesserit's Breeding Mistresses. On Buzzell, and under Honored Matre oppression, Corysta comes across a
Phibian baby outcast from the main group. Phibians have been brought to Buzzell by the Matres to harvest the soostones for them; as the Phibians are capable of breathing underwater as well as on land, they can dive deeper and farther from shore than any human can. After Corysta raises the child for months, the Matres find out and attempt to use Corysta's attachment to coerce her into revealing the location of the Bene Gesserit homeworld,
Chapterhouse. Corysta refuses, and the Matres take the Phibian child away.
"Dune: Treasure in the Sand" "Treasure in the Sand", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, was published in August 2006 online at Jim Baen's Universe; its events take place between
Hunters of Dune and
Sandworms of Dune. It was re-released on June 26, 2007 in the paperback edition of
Hunters of Dune, and later collected in the June 12, 2011 collection
Tales of Dune The story was later collected in the July 17, 2017 collection
Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition. "Dune: Wedding Silk" features Duncan Idaho and a young Paul Atreides exploring the jungles of the planet
Ecaz.
"Dune: Red Plague" "Red Plague", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, was published on November 1, 2016 on the website
Tor.com. The story was later collected in the July 17, 2017 collection
Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition. "Dune: Red Plague" takes place immediately prior to the events of
Navigators of Dune, In the story, industrialist Josef Venport is in a bitter feud with Butlerian leader Manford Torondo. The population of the planet Walgis, loyal to the Butlerian cause, is dying of a virulent disease called the Red Plague, and Dr. Rohan Zim of the
Suk School attempts to persuade Venport to intervene, helping the physician to deliver a vaccine.
"Dune: The Waters of Kanly" "The Waters of Kanly", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, was published on October 17, 2017 in the anthology
Infinite Stars edited by
Bryan Thomas Schmidt. The story was later included in the collection
Sands of Dune, released on June 28, 2022. "Dune: The Waters of Kanly" takes place during the events of Frank Herbert's novel
Dune. The story was later included in the collection
Sands of Dune, released on June 28, 2022. The story takes place before the events of the
Prelude to Dune trilogy. It is a prequel novella about the Fremen woman who will become the
Shadout Mapes.
"Dune: Imperial Court" "Imperial Court", by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, was published on June 28, 2022 in the collection
Sands of Dune. The story is set 10,000 years before the events in Frank Herbert's novel
Dune, and not long after the events of the prequel novel
Navigators of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. It explores more of what brought about the blood feud between the Atreides and Harkonnens. ==Chronology==