Dune Messiah is the follow up of Dune. It's hard to be the sequel of one of the best SF books and it shows.

Dune Messiah takes place 10 years after the original Dune and chronicles Paul's time as emperor and the rise of his empire.

This book is a lot slower than its prequel and it's probably for the best that it is only half as thick. It takes 200 pages of setup, but the final 50 pages are yet another awesome roller coaster ride through the Dune universe.

The finale really does lift up the entire book and makes this book worth a read for every Dune fan.