We watched wars transform solar system politics. Over the next eight books, the universe got bigger. We also met James Holden, as the captain of a scrappy ice miner whose crew was just trying to make a living hauling freight between planets. We got our first hints of a bigger universe with an existential threat to humanity introduced by an alien "protomolecule." In Leviathan Wakes, humanity had colonized the solar system, but interstellar travel was still just a dream. The Expanse did it what was clearly a planned fashion. Some series arbitrarily up the stakes in each book to make the story bigger. One of the most impressive feats of the Expanse series is steadily expanding the scope without making it feel forced. Corey pen name and were actually both collaborators and writing assistants to GRRM.) (By "dude" I mean two dudes, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who write together under the James S.A. Which is not to say there isn't room for more side novellas and sequels - dude has clearly learned from his old mentor, George R. Corey has completed the series with a decisive finale. Nine books, many novellas, and a cancelled Amazon TV series later, James S.A. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before.Īs nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win.īut the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat.Įleven years ago, Leviathan Wakes was published. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte’s missing daughter.and the shattered emperor himself. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. E sulla Rocinante, James Holden e il suo equipaggio lottano per costruire un futuro per l’umanità dai frammenti e dalle rovine di tutto ciò che è accaduto prima.Mentre forze quasi inimmaginabili si preparano ad annientare tutta la vita umana, Holden e un gruppo di improbabili alleati scoprono un’ultima, disperata possibilità di unire tutta l’umanità, con la promessa, in caso di vittoria, di una vasta civiltà galattica libera da guerre, fazioni, bugie e segreti.Ma il prezzo della vittoria potrebbe essere peggiore del costo della sconfitta.The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the 1,300 solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. Attraverso gli ampi sistemi dell’umanità, il colonnello Aliana Tanaka dà la caccia alla figlia scomparsa di Duarte e allo stesso imperatore sconfitto. Ma l’antico nemico che ha ucciso i costruttori di anelli è sveglio e la guerra contro il nostro universo è ricominciata.Nel sistema morto di Adro, Elvi Okoye conduce una disperata missione scientifica per capire cos’erano i costruttori di anelli e cosa li ha distrutti, anche a costo di compromettere sé stessa e i bambini semialieni che sopportano il peso della sua indagine. “L’impero laconiano è caduto, liberando i milletrecento sistemi solari dal dominio di Winston Duarte.
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