Mentats of Dune: Book Two of the Schools of Dune Trilogy

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Tenía muchas ganas de echarle la mano encima a esta colección y no me arrepiento.

Die Lieferung erfolgte super schnell und der Beschenkte hat sich sehr gefreut. Er findet es zum Beispiel Postiv, dass die 'Mentats' Reihe individuelle Bücher sind, also es keine Rolle spielt welches der Bücher man zuerst liest.

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Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert continue to expand and enrich the wondrous universe first brought to life by Brian's father, the late Frank Herbert. From completing his unfinished work in Hunters of Dune, to delving into the ancient lore of the Butlerian Jihad and the great Families that saved mankind from the tyranny of the Machine Empire, they continue to give life to the vast expanses of time and space first seen in the lives of Paul Muad'Dib, his Family Atreides, and the villainous Harkonnens in Dune.In a style distinctly their own, yet perfectly comfortable to any fan of the original Dune series, they bring forth the stories behind the legends.In Mentats of Dune, we find Gilbertus Albans who, by virtue of his tutelage under the maniacal robot Erasmus, has become the first Mentat, a human with the ability to organize his mind with the speed and efficiency of a Thinking Machine.Gilbertus has founded the first Mentat School, and trains recruits under the ever-present and uneasy shadow of Manford Torondo, the leader of the Butlerian forces bent on annihilating any machinery deemed too advanced or unnecessary.In all but open war with the Butlerians is Venport Holdings, the largest and most successful freight company in the Empire. Josef Venport, with the aid of the spice-mutated Navigators, has developed a near-monopoly on galactic freight and transportation with an absolutely perfect safety record. Venport believes the fanaticism of the Butlerian zealots and their war on technology threatens to regress all of mankind into a provencial and isolated existence, setting them back millenia.Meanwhile, on a small dim planet, hoping remain unnoticed, Reverend Mother Anirule attempts to rebuild her Sisterhood from the near destruction of the attack of the first School on Rossack.With a desperate and deadly secret concealed within the walls of his school, and the task of attempting to restore the mind of the Emperor's sister after her attempt to survive the Rossack Drug, Albans must balance politics, vision, and an image of loyalty to Torondo's forces.Can even his superior mind keep his life's work from crumbling?