Sands of Dune--Novellas from the Worlds of Dune by Brian Herbert

Author:Brian Herbert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates

THE WATERS OF KANLY

From the Lost Years of Gurney Halleck

Blood is thicker than water.

Water is more precious than spice.

Revenge is most precious of all.

—songs of Gurney Halleck

I

The baliset strings thrummed and the flywheel spun, producing a sad song … as it always did.

Gurney Halleck used the multipick, focused on the music that came from his beloved instrument, immersed in the mood, the sorrow, the anger. With the music, he didn’t need to think about the crackling dry air, the rock-walled caves of the smugglers’ hideout, the grief that had set deeply into his bones, still undiminished even after a full year.

Harkonnen forces had swept into the Atreides stronghold in Arrakeen as soon as the household shields were dropped, thanks to an as-yet unidentified traitor, no doubt someone trusted … and deadly. Gurney was convinced that person was the she-witch Jessica, and because of her, Duke Leto was dead. Young Master Paul was dead, too, as was the loyal Duncan Idaho, a master fighter like Gurney.

And so, if reports were to be believed, was Jessica herself.

After the Harkonnens had once again taken over Arrakis, the planet commonly known as Dune, Gurney Halleck was the only surviving Atreides lieutenant, he and 73 other men. The Atreides Mentat, Thufir Hawat, had been captured alive and was now forced to serve the vile Baron Harkonnen. Only Gurney and his men remained free, and they spoke often of seeking revenge.

But it was difficult and long delayed.

He let the emotions flow as he sang a sad refrain.…

“A man of his people, not of himself,

Duke Leto betrayed, oh how can it be?

Of all the nobles, why our gallant Duke?

I shall never forget, shall never forgive…”

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