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One House, different lives

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But Abulurd Harkonnen, the Baron’s younger half-brother, preferred smaller vessels with native crews. To them, whale hunting was a challenge and an art, rather than an industry.

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Not everyone bearing the Harkonnen name chooses the same life, revealing the limits of family labels. Lankiveil’s sea establishes a different relationship with resources than Arrakis does.

Tales of Dune ↗
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Blood and Water

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