I'll start by saying that Dune (and Messiah) is my favorite book, and the universe that Frank Herbert created is one of my special interests. That being said, this book was filled to the brim with the rantings of a tyrant, and that famous Herbert Homophobia reared its ugly head in this story. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing what the world and universe looked like long after Leto II undertook his Golden Path, but it was pretty...boring. These assassination attempts that every guild and organization tried simply didn't work until they suddenly needed to. The climax of the story and the last few chapters were the most intriguing and gripping parts of the story for me, and it did make all of the nonsense that happened before worth it, but I would not recommend it to people who have a casual interest in the Dune series; read no further than Children of Dune.