Hunters of Dune continues the story of the Dune universe. It picks up after the cliffhanger of Chapterhouse.

Unlike the first five Dune books, this one is really the second part of a trilogy that started with Chapterhouse. For instance, it explains why Scytale was still part of the story in Chapterhouse. Yet again, he is pretty much ignored and he's just in the story for "that one important thing". This brings me to my main gripe with the book. It feels as many different plots going in somewhat random directions. One can only hope that things will be tied together in Sandworms, the final book.

With that bit of negativity out of the way, I still think this is a solid continuation that fits very well in the Dune universe. I really liked how the Tleilaxu way-of-life was contrasted with the new sisterhood. I'm looking forward to reading Sandworms, the final (chronologically) book.

BTW Since this was my first Brian Herbert Dune novel, I feel like I missed some of the backstory that was developed in the many prequels he wrote. However, the book comes with a (very) short history that helped me along in understanding the ending of the book.