Paul Muad'dib demands to see Mohiam, who fears she will be killed, but instead discovers Paul wants to bargain with her: Paul offers to produce a child by artificial insemination in return for the survival of Chani and her child. She is outraged, but Hayt just laughs, saying he took nothing more than she offered, a fact she admits to herself privately. Hayt also takes this opportunity to steal a kiss from Alia. Alia and Hayt investigate the appearance of a female corpse near the city Hayt realizes that the fact that no-one has been reported missing implies a Tleilaxu plot in which the woman has been replaced by a face dancer. Additionally, the Bene Tleilax, who created the ghola, hope that it will provide them extra insight and control through espionage orders embedded into its psyche.įurther complicating the situation is the physical maturity of Paul's powerful sister, Alia, who finds herself irresistibly attracted to Hayt/Duncan. Furthermore, Paul's acceptance of the gift weakens Paul's support among the Fremen who see the Tleilaxu and their tools as unclean. The conspirators hope the presence of Hayt will undermine Paul's ability to rule by forcing Paul to question himself and his empire he has created. The conspiring parties, intent on ending the Atreides Empire, give Paul a gift he cannot resist: Hayt, a ghola of Duncan Idaho, his childhood teacher and friend. But his hopes are put into question after Chani switches to an ancient Fremen fertility diet, and subsequently conceives. Though Paul is aware of this scenario, he has foreseen that the birth of his heir will bring Chani's death, and he does not want to lose her. Chani, his lover and concubine, is secretly given contraceptives by the Princess Irulan Corrino, Paul's wife in title only. The Atreides dynasty is unstable because Paul has not produced an heir. The situation is further complicated by the conspiracy of powerful interests who hope to reverse the events that brought House Atreides to the throne, including the remnants of the displaced House Corrino, the Bene Gesserit who have lost control of their Kwisatz Haderach, the Spacing Guild, who now are utterly beholden to Paul, and the Bene Tleilax. Motivated by this knowledge, Paul embarks on the Golden Path, a complex and perilous plan to set humanity on a course that will not inevitably lead to stagnation and extinction, while at the same time acting as ruler of the Empire and focal point of the Fremen religion. While Paul is the most powerful Emperor ever, he is ironically powerless to stop the lethal religious excesses of the juggernaut he has created.Īlthough sixty billion people have perished, Paul's prescient visions indicate that this is far from the worst possible outcome for humanity.
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Widely considered one of the greatest works within the sci-figenre, Dune has been the subject of various film and TV adaptations, including an upcoming major motion picture slated for release in 2021. Dune is a landmark science fiction novel first published in 1965 and the first in a 6-book saga penned by author Frank Herbert.