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PAUL OF DUNE by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson — Frank Herbert’s DUNE ended with Paul Muad’Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert’s next, DUNE MESSIAH, picked up the story several years later after Paul’s armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between them? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? The Muad’Dib’s jihad is in full swing. His warrior legions march from victory to victory. But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies — those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands. And Paul himself begins to have doubts: Is the jihad getting out of his control? Has he created anarchy? Has he been betrayed by those he loves and trusts the most? And most of all, he wonders: Am I going mad?
PLAYING DEAD by Allison Brennan — Sentenced to death for crimes he didn’t commit, ex-cop Tom O’Brien is now a hunted fugitive. After 15 years in prison, he’s determined to prove his innocence — but first he must convince his daughter, whose testimony helped put him behind bars, that he has damning evidence of a plot to frame him. Claire is no longer the naïve teenager who arrived home to find her mother and her mother’s lover shot dead and her father holding the murder weapon. She’s a successful fraud investigator who assumes everyone lies. Though Claire is convinced of her father’s guilt, curiosity propels her to look into the disappearance of a law student who claimed to have proof of Tom’s innocence. But seeking answers only leads to more questions, reinforcing Claire’s belief that there’s no one left to trust.
TIME’S CHARIOT by Ben Jeapes — The Himalayas, 5000 BC: Commissioner Daiho is dead, but there’s no question of foul play. The murder of a Home Timer is about as likely as unauthorized interference with the work of a Correspondent. Isfahan, Arabia, 1029: Abu Ali was startled. He hadn’t heard the stranger enter. The Correspondent was even more alarmed — his enhanced senses would have picked up the arrival of any normal human. Then the stranger spoke, and it was the language of the Home Time. Seconds later, Correspondent RC/1029’s world went dark. The Home Time, 2000 Years Later: Field Operative Rico Garron is about to have a very bad day.
HEAT LIGHTNING by John Sandford — It’s a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers is in bed with one of his ex-wives when the phone rings. It’s Lucas Davenport. There’s a body in Stillwater — two shots to the head, found near a veteran’s memorial. And the victim has a lemon in his mouth. Exactly like the body they found last week. The more Flowers works the murders, the more convinced he is that someone’s keeping a list, and that the list could have a lot more names on it. If he could only find out what connects them all … and then he does, and he’s almost sorry he did.
