Soul Catcher

Fans of Frank Herbert in general need to check their expectations at the door when picking up this novel. It is his only traditional fiction novel. That is to say, it is not a genre novel at all. Normally, this shouldn't mean diddly squat to readers, but the world being what it is, a lot of stupidity......more

A few years ago, I decided to read the most important other Herbert novels before starting a reread of the Dune series. A review of Children Of Dune on the always thoughtful Gaping Blackbird, made me eager to start that reread. That review focuses on the Nietzschean inspiration of CoD, and it led to......more

...The real controversy about Soul Catcher is probably the ending. In Dreamer of Dune (which mentions the end of the novel explicitly so if you don't want it spoiled read the novel first) Brian Herbert mentions Frank got a lot of responses either confirming the ending as something Katsuk would do or......more

Great writing and hard to put down. Nature and spirits, innocence and sacrifice, lots of ravens. A young Native American becomes the Soul Catcher after his sister is gang raped and then suicides. He kidnaps an innocent, a 13yo boy to sacrifice as statement for all the innocent indigenous lives taken......more

Reading this I can clearly see why I fell in love with Dune in the seventh grade. Herbert write in The Soul Catcher a beautifully poignant modern day story of a young Native American man who kidnaps a white boy -- a privileged, innocent white boy. We follow their journey to the bitter end and still......more