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Book One: Dune
Namesandpictures,namesandpicturesfromman’sterranicpast—andmanytobefoundnownowhereelseintheuniverseexcepthereonArrakis.
Somanynewthingstolearnabout—thespice.
Andthesandworms.
Adoorclosedintheotherroom.Paulheardhismother’sfootstepsretreatingdownthehall.Dr.Yueh,heknew,wouldfindsomethingtoreadandremainintheotherroom.
Nowwasthemomenttogoexploring.
Paulslippedoutofthebed,headedforthebookcasedoorthatopenedintothecloset.Hestoppedatasoundbehindhim,turned.Thecarvedheadboardofthebedwasfoldingdownontothespotwherehehadbeensleeping.Paulfroze,andimmobilitysavedhislife.
Frombehindtheheadboardslippedatinyhunter-seekernomorethanfivecentimeterslong.Paulrecognizeditatonce—acommonassassinationweaponthateverychildofroyalbloodlearnedaboutatanearlyage.Itwasaraveningsliverofmetalguidedbysomenear-byhandandeye.Itcouldburrowintomovingfleshandchewitswayupnervechannelstothenearestvitalorgan.
Theseekerlifted,swungsidewaysacrosstheroomandback.
ThroughPaul’smindflashedtherelatedknowledge,thehunter-seekerlimitations:Itscompressedsuspensorfielddistortedtheroomtoreflecthistarget,theoperatorwouldberelyingonmotion—anythingthatmoved.Ashieldcouldslowahunter,givetimetodestroyit,butPaulhadputasidehisshieldonthebed.
