![]() ![]() The whispers of a dead man remind Holden that the great galactic civilization that once stood on this land is gone. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail. James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. ![]() Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity’s home planets. In this fourth book of the Expanse series (and I strongly recommend you read the first three before diving into this one), a stargate beyond the orbit of Pluto has opened the way to a thousand new worlds, and the rush to colonize has begun. Winner of Audible’s 2016 Best of Science Fiction. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad-very mad. ![]() The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. If he declines the honor, he’ll be switched off, and they’ll try again with someone else. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. So it’s a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.īob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. ![]()
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