Whipping Mek

Whipping Mek is a short story by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set prior to the events of Dune: The Machine Crusade.

It describes the arrival of the Honru Massacre survivors on Giedi Prime. Vergyl Tantor, now serving the Army of the Jihad and married to Sheel, hosts Xavier Harkonnen in his house.

Later he has a meeting with Zon Noret who is training with Chirox and wishes to have a practice lesson with the mek.

Characters

 * Vergyl Tantor
 * Xavier Harkonnen
 * Sheel Tantor
 * Chirox
 * Zon Noret

Locations

 * Giedi Prime
 * Peridot Colony
 * Honru

Events

 * Butlerian Jihad
 * Honru Massacre

Other

 * Ginaz Swordmaster

Behind the Scenes
This, and the other Legends of Dune short stories, were originally made available on the dunenovels.com website as Adobe Acrobat PDF files, for free download. They appear to be no longer available in this manner, but are included in The Road to Dune.