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Track the books by Brian Herbert that connect to Frank Herbert’s work, with series order, summaries, and background on how his novels expand and continue the Dune universe.

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Sidney's Comet

by Brian Herbert

1983

Centuries of dumping Earth’s refuse into space produce a vast garbage comet heading back toward the planet. Unassuming government employee Sidney Malloy, who dreams of joining the Space Patrol, becomes humanity’s unlikely hope of averting catastrophe.

Sudanna Sudanna

by Brian Herbert

1985

An ancient computer rules the planetoid Ut and forbids music, including the sounds carried by the wind called Sudanna. Obedient citizen Hiley faces a crisis when his teenage daughter falls for an outlaw who defies that prohibition.

The Garbage Chronicles

by Brian Herbert

1985

In a future society devoted to endless consumption, recycling is banned and Earth’s waste is launched into space. This satirical science fiction adventure follows the consequences of a civilization trying to export its environmental problems.

Man of Two Worlds

by Brian Herbert

1986

A spaceship accident leaves ambitious human Lutt Hansen Jr. sharing his body and thoughts with a naive alien dreamer. The uneasy pair must navigate schemes and assassination attempts while struggling to coexist inside a single individual.

Prisoners of Arionn

by Brian Herbert

1987

Alien students encase San Francisco in a giant bubble and transport it to their planet as a science project. Eleven-year-old Michelle Fouqet and the city’s displaced inhabitants must adapt to an extraordinary and unwanted new life.

Edited by Brian Herbert, this slim volume collects memorable quotations, epigraphs, and reflections from the Dune chronicles, arranged as a kind of commonplace book that highlights the political, ecological, and philosophical threads running through the saga.

The Race for God

by Brian Herbert

1990

God invites a diverse collection of believers and skeptics to visit a distant planet. Crowded aboard a spaceship controlled by an unstable biological computer, the pilgrims compete to reach their host first while their differences threaten the journey.

Memorymakers

by Brian Herbert

1991

An ancient race called the Ch’Var lives unnoticed among human beings, matching their appearance, speech, and behavior. Their distinctly inhuman appetites threaten that disguise in this speculative novel co-written by Brian Herbert and Marie Landis.

Blood on the Sun

by Brian Herbert

1996

Vampire Desidra serves as an American intelligence codebreaker during the Pacific war. A secret assignment in Japan and her love for a Japanese mortal force her to confront conflicting duties to her country and the Kindred.

Dreamer of Dune

by Brian Herbert

2000

Brian Herbert traces his father Frank Herbert’s life, family relationships, and development as the author of Dune. This biography combines a son’s personal perspective with an account of the experiences and ideas behind his father’s writing.

The Forgotten Heroes

by Brian Herbert

2004

Using historical records, diaries, and veteran interviews, Herbert recounts the United States Merchant Marine’s wartime service. He examines the dangerous work of supplying Allied forces during World War II and the subsequent denial of recognition and benefits.

Timeweb

by Brian Herbert

2006

In a galaxy dominated by wealthy merchant rulers, ecologist Noah Watanabe discovers evidence of cosmic disintegration. He must cooperate with warring alien peoples to understand a hidden structure beneath the universe and restore its endangered balance.

The Web and the Stars

by Brian Herbert

2007

As the cosmic web unravels, Noah Watanabe struggles to prevent the universe’s collapse. A Mutatis doomsday weapon threatens humanity, while another powerful enemy targets both species, complicating his efforts to hold the interconnected galaxy together.

Webdancers

by Brian Herbert

2008

The war between humans and shape-shifting Mutatis continues while the strands supporting the universe deteriorate. In this trilogy conclusion, immortal ecologist Noah Watanabe undergoes an unsettling transformation as he attempts to save the threatened cosmic structure.

The Lost Apostles

by Brian Herbert

2011

At a guarded fortress in Greece, Lori Vale develops a psychic connection with children believed to be reincarnated female apostles. Their new gospels provoke violent opposition, while the missing twelfth apostle holds a potentially devastating secret.

The Stolen Gospels

by Brian Herbert

2011

After her mother’s murder, teenager Lori Vale is taken to a fortified Greek monastery. Women there are assembling a revolutionary Bible using accounts from reincarnated female apostles, drawing Lori into a dangerous struggle over religious authority.

Stormworld

by Brian Herbert

2012

After climate collapse and Greenland’s melting ice devastate humanity, workers at a seed repository in the Cascade Mountains struggle to preserve the future of food. Protecting their precious collection becomes a fight for survival in a transformed world.

Ocean

by Brian Herbert

2013

Sea creatures wage war against shipping, fishing fleets, naval bases, and offshore drilling. Led by transformed humans called Sea Warriors, their campaign to liberate the oceans brings humanity’s environmental damage into open conflict with the marine world.

A revolution restores America’s environment but replaces its government with Chairman Rahma’s dictatorship. Corporate enemies, disillusioned rebels, new weapons, and suppressed reports of mutants expose weaknesses in a regime that demands obedience in the name of ecological recovery.

Dangerous Worlds

by Brian Herbert

2016

An internet catastrophe leaves millions unable to function, while alien captors force humans into deadly contests using weaponized cars. These science fiction stories explore technological dependence, confinement, and the dangers hidden within unfamiliar worlds.

Scientist Billy Jeeling’s flying city has repaired Earth’s atmosphere for decades using technologies only he controls. When a global government demands his resignation and secrets, a campaign to destroy his reputation threatens his continued work.

The Unborn

by Brian Herbert

2019

In 2097, Riggio awakens beside his murdered lover with little memory of what happened. Fleeing pursuers, he becomes entangled in the consequences of a genetic experiment and the dangerous second personality sharing his body.

Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy

by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Tad Williams, Mark Lawrence, Robin Hobb, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Patrick Terrell, Peter Orullian, Delilah S Dawson, Cat Rambo, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner, Scott Sigler, Robert V. S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson, Terry Brooks, Todd Lockwood & Ramón Terrell

2019

The third Unfettered anthology collects original stories from many fantasy authors, including a return to Osten Ard from Tad Williams, new tales by Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Anna Smith Spark, and others, all in support of a fund that helps writers facing medical debt.

Dune: House Harkonnen Vol. 1

by Brian Herbert

2023

As Baron Harkonnen plots against the Atreides, Bene Gesserit, and Emperor, Leto faces choices that threaten to divide him. This graphic novel explores the pasts of Gurney Halleck, Lady Jessica, and Liet Kynes as rival ambitions gather force.

Dune: The Waters of Kanly

by Brian Herbert

2023

After House Atreides falls, Gurney Halleck shelters among spice smugglers and plans revenge against the Harkonnens. This Dune story follows his efforts to strike his enemies while risking a confrontation with the powerful Spacing Guild.

Prophecies, vengeance, and an atomic threat bring the struggles of Houses Atreides and Harkonnen toward a violent reckoning. Leto faces danger during a public procession as rival powers pursue control of Arrakis in this concluding graphic novel.

Rescue missions on Arrakis and Wallach IX unfold alongside political intrigue on Ix and schemes within the Bene Gesserit. Leto and Duncan confront their pasts while Liet and Warrick face conflicts over love and survival in this graphic novel.

Brian Herbert sub-series and character series

The Stolen Gospels books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Lost Apostles"

    The Lost Apostles

    by Brian Herbert

    2011The Stolen Gospels, Book 2
  2. Book cover for "The Stolen Gospels"

    The Stolen Gospels

    by Brian Herbert

    2011The Stolen Gospels, Book 1

Timeweb Chronicles books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Timeweb"

    Timeweb

    by Brian Herbert

    2006Timeweb Chronicles, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Web and the Stars"

    The Web and the Stars

    by Brian Herbert

    2007Timeweb Chronicles, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Webdancers"

    Webdancers

    by Brian Herbert

    2008Timeweb Chronicles, Book 3

Standalone Brian Herbert books

  1. Book cover for "Sidney's Comet"

    Sidney's Comet

    by Brian Herbert

    1983
  2. Book cover for "Sudanna Sudanna"

    Sudanna Sudanna

    by Brian Herbert

    1985
  3. Book cover for "The Garbage Chronicles"

    The Garbage Chronicles

    by Brian Herbert

    1985
  4. Book cover for "Man of Two Worlds"

    Man of Two Worlds

    by Brian Herbert

    1986
  5. Book cover for "Prisoners of Arionn"

    Prisoners of Arionn

    by Brian Herbert

    1987
  6. Book cover for "The Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune"
  7. Book cover for "The Race for God"

    The Race for God

    by Brian Herbert

    1990
  8. Book cover for "Memorymakers"

    Memorymakers

    by Brian Herbert

    1991
  9. Book cover for "Blood on the Sun"

    Blood on the Sun

    by Brian Herbert

    1996World of Darkness, Book 1
  10. Book cover for "Dreamer of Dune"

    Dreamer of Dune

    by Brian Herbert

    2000
  11. Book cover for "The Forgotten Heroes"

    The Forgotten Heroes

    by Brian Herbert

    2004
  12. Book cover for "Stormworld"

    Stormworld

    by Brian Herbert

    2012
  13. Book cover for "Ocean"

    Ocean

    by Brian Herbert

    2013
  14. Book cover for "The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma"
  15. Book cover for "Dangerous Worlds"

    Dangerous Worlds

    by Brian Herbert

    2016
  16. Book cover for "The Assassination of Billy Jeeling"
  17. Book cover for "The Unborn"

    The Unborn

    by Brian Herbert

    2019
  18. Book cover for "Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy"

    Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy

    by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Tad Williams, Mark Lawrence, Robin Hobb, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Patrick Terrell, Peter Orullian, Delilah S Dawson, Cat Rambo, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner, Scott Sigler, Robert V. S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson, Terry Brooks, Todd Lockwood & Ramón Terrell

    2019Unfettered, Book 2
  19. Book cover for "Dune: House Harkonnen Vol. 1"

    Dune: House Harkonnen Vol. 1

    by Brian Herbert

    2023
  20. Book cover for "Dune: The Waters of Kanly"

    Dune: The Waters of Kanly

    by Brian Herbert

    2023Dune: The Waters of Kanly, Book 1
  21. Book cover for "Dune: House Harkonnen, Volume Three"
  22. Book cover for "Dune: House Harkonnen, Volume Two"

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