This story takes place about 6 years after Dune, during the Fremen
jihad.
"I'm a figurehead. Once a godhead's given, it's the one thing the so-called god no longer controlls."
-Muad'Dib, in "Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert
Disclaimer: I do not own Dune or any other books by Frank Herbert.
As Paul Atreides walked through the halls of his palace at Arrakeen, he was bombarded with questions involving meaningless statictics and the opinions of various houses of the Landsraad on past decisions or policies. He heard none of it. His mind was on the Fremen's jihad and the slaughter carried out in his name. Although he wanted nothing more than to end it, he knew that was not possible. Even his death would not change anything. He had hoped to prevent it, that, somehow, it could be avoided. He had thought that, by marrying the princess Irulan and by legitemately gaining the throne, the Fremen armies would be satisfied. Now he knew that it was all vain. The name Muad'Dib would be forever tied to this slaughter.
"I'm a figurehead. Once a godhead's given, it's the one thing the so-called god no longer controlls."
-Muad'Dib, in "Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert
Disclaimer: I do not own Dune or any other books by Frank Herbert.
As Paul Atreides walked through the halls of his palace at Arrakeen, he was bombarded with questions involving meaningless statictics and the opinions of various houses of the Landsraad on past decisions or policies. He heard none of it. His mind was on the Fremen's jihad and the slaughter carried out in his name. Although he wanted nothing more than to end it, he knew that was not possible. Even his death would not change anything. He had hoped to prevent it, that, somehow, it could be avoided. He had thought that, by marrying the princess Irulan and by legitemately gaining the throne, the Fremen armies would be satisfied. Now he knew that it was all vain. The name Muad'Dib would be forever tied to this slaughter.