Dune: House Atreides
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Bantam Spectra Book, October 1999
Bantam Books, division of Random House, Inc.
ISBN 0-553-11061-6

Chapter 1
Quote: CHOAM Economic Analysis of Materiel Flow Patterns
Summary:
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen on Arrakis taking over spice production from
brother Abulurd; revelation of Harkonnen illegal spice hoard; Baron
observes spice harvesting, urges on harvesting from dangerously large
spice mass, subsequent spice blow
Characters:
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Kryubi, ornithopter pilot

Chapter 2
Quote: Pardot Kynes
Summary:
Introduction of Pardot Kynes and background; Kynes comes to Imperial
palace for audience with Emperor Elrood Corrino IX; description of Kaitain
palace; the Emperor gives Kynes a new position, Imperial Planetologist to
Arrakis; more information about Arrakis, spice, and politics
Characters:
Pardot Kynes
Elrood Corrino IX

Chapter 3
Quote: Orange Catholic Bible
Summary:
House Atreides watches the annual House Play, Aeschylus's Agamemnon;
introduction of Duke Paulus Atreides, Leto Atreides, Lady Helena Atreides;
information about Lady Helena's family, House Richese and their decline;
Paulus sends Leto to Ix as an exchange program with House Vernius's son,
Rhombur, to study; brief introduction of House Verinus
Characters:
Duke Paulus Atreides
Leto Atreides
Lady Helena Atreides

Chapter 4
Quote: Terminology of the Imperium
Summary:
Meeting of Earl Dominic Verius of Ix and Emperor Elrood Corrino IX on
Kaitain; background on history between the two men and Houses Corrino and
Vernius (civil war allies); revelation that the new Ixian Guild
Heighliners will carry 16% more cargo, thereby reducing Imperial taxes;
background on Domnic's wife, an ex-concubine of Elrood; Elrood plots
revenge on Dominic
Characters:
Emperor Elrood Corrino IX
Aken Hesban, Imperial Chamberlain
Earl Dominic Vernius of Ix
Bene Gesserit Imperial Truthsayer

Chapter 5
Quote: Pardot Kynes
Summary:
Kynes accompanies Glossu Rabban Harkonnen on a sandworm hunting trip with
a city Fremen named Thekar as guide; description of Kynes's earlier
meeting with Baron Harkonnen; Rabban grows impatient with Thekar's obscure
references to sandworms; Rabban makes a terrified Thekar plant a thumper
to call a sandworm while the Harkonnen hunting party sets up explosives;
the sandworm disintegrates before their eyes after being blown up;
Characters:
Pardot Kynes
Glossu Rabban Harkonnen, Nephew of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Thekar, city fremen

Chapter 6
Quote: Bene Gesserit Teaching
Summary:
Introduction of Duncan Idaho; Duncan's life as hide-and-seek sport hunting
for the Harkonnens in Barony, a city on Geidi Prime, Harkonnen homeworld;
background on how Duncan's family was put into slavery; Duncan wins a
chase by entering an elevator suspensor field, eluding chasing guards, but
is caught, since the game is fixed; Duncan's parents killed by Rabban;
Duncan chosen for next round of hunting
Characters:
Duncan Idaho
Duncan's Parents
Glossu Rabban Harkonnen

Chapter 7
Quote: Duke Paulus Atreides
Summary:
Leto prepares for his trip to Ix; dinner at the Atreides; Helena's
resistance to having Leto go to Ix, House Richese's main rival; departing
words from Paulus; Paulus announces a bullfight in honor of his son's
departure; Paulus kills a bull, introduces his son as the next duke
Characters:
Leto Atreides
Lady Helena Atreides
Duke Paulus Atreides

Chapter 8
Quote: The Assassin's Handbook
Summary:
Introduction of Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino and Hasimir Fenring; Shaddam
and Fenring plot the death of Elrood; Fenring poisons Elrood; insights
into Fenring's nature
Characters:
Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino
Hasimir Fenring
Emperor Elrood Corrino IX

Chapter 9
Quote: Terminology of the Imperium
Summary:
Introduction of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood; Introduction of Reverend
Mother Anirul Sadow Tonkin, Kwisatz Breeding Program director,  and her
special abilities; Anirul rushes for a Breeding Program meeting;
description of Bene Gesserit Mother School complex on Wallach IX; Bene
Gesserit background and Kwisatz Haderach background;  Anirul announces to
leadership group of the Sisterhood that the Kwisatz Haderach is a few
generations away and that the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen genes were needed;
issues with the Baron's sexuality
Characters:
Reverend Mother Anirul Sadow Tonkin
Mother Superior Karishka
Unnamed leadership group of Reverend Mothers

Chapter 10, pp 83
Quote: Ikbhan's Treatise on the Mind, Volume 1
Summary:
Leto Atreides departs Caladan for Ix; description of departure
processions; description of a Guild Heighliner; mention of disbanded House
Wayku; Leto's thoughts towards his parents continuing argument about the
trip; Leto dropped without announcement or word onto a lush, cold planet
and panics
Characters:
Leto Atredies
Duke Paulus Atreides
Lady Helena Atreides

Chapter 11, pp 91
Quote: Landsraad Encyclopedia of Great Houses, post-Jihad edition
Summary:
Harkonnen planet Lankiveil; introduction of Bene Gesserit Sister Margot
Rashino-Zea; description and background of Margot and how she infiltrates
Lankiveil , blends in with natives to spy on House Harkonnen; Margot finds
out that House Harkonnen is quietly covering up illegal spice sales and
profits from the Imperium
Characters:
Bene Gesserit Sister Margot Rashino-Zea

Chapter 12, pp 95
Quote: Fremen Wisdom
Summary:
Pardot Kynes scientific experiments on Arrakis;  descriptions of the land
and equipment procured; ponders the connection between sandworms and
spice; considers the possibility of Fremen as allies
Characters:
Pardot Kynes

Chapter 13, pp 102
Quote: Count Ilban Richese
Summary:
Leto Atreides calms down, assesses the planet he's abandoned on; Rhombur
Verinus welcomes him to Ix, arriving via underground elevator; both
descend underground to Vernii, capital city of Ix; Earl Dominic Vernius
welcomes Leto into his House; 
Characters:
Leto Atreides
Rhombur Vernius
Earl Dominic Vernius
Lady Shando Vernius
Kailea Vernius

Chapter 14, pp 107
Quote: Bene Gesserit Teaching
Summary:
Bene Gesserit Sisters visit the Baron Harkonnen; Reverend Mother Gaius
Helen Mohiam coerces the Baron to agree to produce a child by the threat
of revealing Harkonnen spice dealings to the Emperor; the Baron and Piter
decide to hide the Harkonnen spice hoard on Lankiveil
Characters:
Baron Vladimir Harknonnen
Piter de Vries, Harkonnen mentat
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

Chapter 15, pp 119
Quote: Bene Gesserit Azhar Book
Summary:
Duncan Idaho's next Harkonnen hunt; getting a head start, Duncan removes
tracer in his shoulder, sets a trap, kills a guard, and continues running
Characters:
Duncan Idaho
Glossu Rabban Harkonnen

Chapter 16, pp 128
Quote: Count Hasmir Fenring
Summary:
Leto witnesses the launch of an Ixian Heighliner; introduction of Ixian
ambassador's sons, C'tair and D'murr Pilru; more about the views of Houses
Richese and Vernius; heighliner folds space to leave the underground city
Characters:
Leto Atreides
Rhombur Vernius
Kailea Vernius
C'tair Pilru
D'murr Pilru

Chapter 17, pp 134
Quote: Princess Irulan
Summary:
Shaddam and Fenring discuss approaching the Tleilaxu to make a secondary
source of spice
Characters:
Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino
Hasmir Fenring

Chapter 18, pp 142
Quote: Pardot Kynes
Summary:
Pardot Kynes meets the Fremen;  Kynes kills a Harkonnen in a group that's
troubling some desert Fremen children; Kynes saves the life of one of the
injured children 
Characters:
Pardot Kynes
Unnamed Harkonnen soliders
Unnamed Fremen children [Stilgar, Turok, Ommun]

Chapter 19, pp 148
Quote: Thufir Hawat
Summary:
Duncan Idaho continues outsmarting Harkonnens as he's chased through
treacherous terrain; abducted/rescued by Janess Milam, the woman who
betrayed his family to the Harkonnens
Characters:
Duncan Idaho
Glossu Rabban Harkonnen
Janess Milam

Chapter 20, pp 155
Quote: Bene Gesserit Analysis
Summary:
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen impregnates Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
while Piter de Vries looks on
Characters:
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Piter de Vries

Chapter 21, pp 160
Quote: Ikbhan's Treatise on the Mind, Volume II
Summary:
Rhombur and Leto train with House Verinus Guard Captain; Leto gets
distracted by Kailea
Characters:
Leto Atreides
Guard Captain Zhaz of House Vernius
Rhombur Verinus
Kailea Vernius

Chapter 22, pp 165
Quote: Pardot Kynes
Summary:
Kynes meets the Fremen; Kynes is captured by the Fremen children he saves
and taken to a sietch; sietch leaders can't figure out what to do with
Kynes, decide to take the matter to the Council of Elders; Kynes presses
his ecological message to Heinar; fremen think Kynes is whack
Characters:
Pardot Kynes
Stilgar
Turok
Ommun
Heinar, sietch leader