Sisterhood of Dune: Book One of the Schools of Dune Trilogy (Great Schools of Dune 1)

Set 83 years after the destruction of the thinking machines at the Battle of Corrin, this novel follows multiple storylines in a newly formed Imperium under Emperor Faykan Corrino. Vorian Atreides, a war hero, has withdrawn from politics. The descendants of Abulurd Harkonnen seek revenge against him for their family's downfall. Raquella Berto-Anirul has established the Bene Gesserit School and become its first Reverend Mother through a severe ordeal. The heirs of Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva employ mutated, spice-dependent Navigators to operate early versions of Heighliners. Gilbertus Albans, raised by the thinking machine Erasmus, trains humans as Mentats while concealing a significant secret. Meanwhile, Manford Torondo leads the Butlerian movement, a fanatical faction opposed to advanced technology. The movement spreads across the universe as massive mobs, systematically destroying technological innovations.