Dune 3's latest casting rumor doesn't surprise fans of the Frank Herbert books, but it might make them uncomfortable.

Well, in the Dune universe, an artificial copy (not exactly a clone) of a deceased person known as a Ghola can be created by a genetically altered race known as the Bene Tleilax. Paul is presented ...

In Dune Messiah, Duncan Idaho is brought back as an artificially created human known as a ghola as a gift to Paul. It's a gift that comes with a deadly secret, but we'll leave that out of here for ...

Dune introduced us to the desert planet Arrakis ... One of their gifts to him is a ghola — essentially a clone made from the genetic material of Duncan Idaho. Paul sees that this is likely ...

Dune: Messiah is the third installment of the ... His old friend Duncan Idaho will be resurrected as a 'ghola,' or a clone made from genetic material, while a conspiracy to overthrow him is ...