Leviathan Wakes
Book 1 of the Expanse (now a Prime Original series)
By James S. A. Corey
Harry Hartog's review
This book has been on my radar for years, but I only picked it up recently. I LOVED IT! It’s the hard Sci-Fi I have been looking for since reading The Three Body Problem. I was never bored, and over 580-ish pages the twists & turns kept coming. People say it’s GoT in space, it’s not. It’s so much better. No gratuitous sexual violence (though yes a fair whack of misogyny), better characters & better writing. You don’t need to be into ‘hard’ sci-fi to enjoy this book, anyone who likes space & existential dread will love it. - Lauren, Subscriptions
Description
Humanity has colonised the planets - interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions - the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars and the political and military clout they wield over the Belt and beyond.
Now, when Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
- ISBN:
- 9781841499895
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 592
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint:
- Orbit
- Weight:
- 410 g