Wzlot Persepolis
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Summary
Na tysiącu połączonych siecią wrót gwiazd zasiedlonych przez ludzką ekspansję， nowe kolonie starają się znaleźć własną drogę。 Wszystkie planety balansują na granicy między zapaścią a cudem， zaś załoga starzejącego się okrętu Rosynant ma pełne ręce roboty przy utrzymywaniu delikatnego pokoju。 W olbrzymiej przestrzeni między Ziemia a Jowiszem planety wewnętrzne i Pas zawiązały ostrożny i niepewny sojusz， wciąż nawiedzany przez upiory historii i uprzedzeń。 Tym czasem na utraconym świecie Lakonii ukryty wróg ma nową wizję dla całej ludzkości。。。 i siły， by ją narzucić。 Nowe technologie ścierają się ze starymi i dzieje ludzkich konfliktów wracają do antycznego wzoru wojny i podboju。 Jednak natura ludzka nie jest jedynym wrogiem， a uwalniane siły mają swoją cenę。 Cenę， która zmieni kształt ludzkości – oraz Rosynanta – w nieoczekiwany sposób i już na zawsze。。。
Reviews
Jemppu
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4 or 5 stars， eh？Never learned more about Caton， meh。_____Reading updates。 4 or 5 stars， eh？Never learned more about Caton， meh。_____Reading updates。 。。。more
Daniel Rumbell
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Welcome back to the series！ It's thirty years later。 That is an up hill climb that is brushed aside for convenience。 While the book does come back around to connect the activities of the early chapters to what the rest of the book was about， it really isn't terribly interesting， and that foreshadowed a number of things in this work。 There were times I had no interest in reading chapters because they just had so little to keep your attention。 Worse were the portions that provided no new informati Welcome back to the series！ It's thirty years later。 That is an up hill climb that is brushed aside for convenience。 While the book does come back around to connect the activities of the early chapters to what the rest of the book was about， it really isn't terribly interesting， and that foreshadowed a number of things in this work。 There were times I had no interest in reading chapters because they just had so little to keep your attention。 Worse were the portions that provided no new information or character evolutions。 And then suddenly you had a few chapters that really moved with character and plot working well together。 The parts that lacked enjoyment were really going through the motions rather than coming up with a good way to communicate necessary but not as interesting plot points。 I get it， it happens， it can be fine。 But there are entire characters whose portions of the book are like this and that is a big problem。As far as the new antagonists go， they work well enough to be believable。 The Medina governor is someone learning the wrong lessons but his character makes sense given all the other things going on。 The people of Laconia that come through the gates to attack and take control is very much in line with imperial behaviors and beliefs about why and how a people should be conquered， or as they put it， brought into the fold。There's potential heading into the next book in the series， and there is real threat here which didn't always feel like that in a few of the previous entries。 If they clean up some of the smaller characters whose experience is to communicate plot points more than anything else this could come to a good couple of concluding books。Over all， two and a half out of five stars。 You got this far already， you should be able to make it through here well enough。 。。。more
Ivan Golovin
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The first book I read after finishing the TV series， and it lived up to my expectations。
John
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Way better than the last book。 Why？ People grew and changed a lot。 Years have passed。 Retirement is talked about。 And hinted at dangers rear up to the front。 Now I have to wait my turn at the library。 I gobbled this one up quick and wished I had put it down after the 5th chapter to reserved the next book。 18 week wait！！！！
Kerry Black
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6
Bett Correa-Bollhoefer
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Fantastic
Skalett
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Possibly the best in the whole series， I absolutely devoured this book in no time。 All the characters doing all the good stuff， excellent descriptions of huge spaceship battles， skirmishes， hand to hand fights and even calm moments sharing meals。 Drummer is developed as a character， you really hate Singh all the way through， and Bobbie is just。。。Bobbie。 Love it。
Angus Mcfarlane
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To an extent the theory I was forming about this series in the last book played out in this one。 I also listened to a podcast about Persepolis and Xerxes march on the Greeks with overwhelming force and intelligence， only to fail at the final hurdle。 So in some way there are some allusions to classical history， the titles giving this lead。 Is Persia an appropriate parallel to this plot？ In a fun way I think there is something to compare， but it’s certainly not just a futuristic retelling。 I was g To an extent the theory I was forming about this series in the last book played out in this one。 I also listened to a podcast about Persepolis and Xerxes march on the Greeks with overwhelming force and intelligence， only to fail at the final hurdle。 So in some way there are some allusions to classical history， the titles giving this lead。 Is Persia an appropriate parallel to this plot？ In a fun way I think there is something to compare， but it’s certainly not just a futuristic retelling。 I was glad to see the re-emergence of the protomolecule， bringing back the strangeness which good scifi should always have somewhere。 Cleverly， it continues to be a technology which doesn’t appear to be good or evil in its own right， only becoming as such in the hands of those who possess it。 I think。 And is this a further parallel to the classics？ I don’t think this is a classical thing， but a facet of history in general and I wonder whether the strangeness of atomic energy， or of gunpowder， or of the metallic alloys which facilitated premodern times were as revolutionary as alien technology like the protomolecule is made out as？ At it’s heart， the possibility that alien encounters， whether artifacts or otherwise， is a question most scifi is trying to contemplate。 But whether alien or not， human nature interacting with technology is bound to cause more conundrums。 。。。more
Finu
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Great revisit to the expanse universe。 I enjoyed it overall but it did serve as a setup for the next book。 A lot of exposition with some action peppered in。
Lemonybubblegum
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NO SPOILERSI came off this right after finishing watching the show， without reading the previous books， and other than one major difference that I won't spoil， it was a very smooth transition。 The writing is smooth and easy to read， and the show must have followed the important parts really close because each of the characters here were exactly the ones I saw on screen。 If you want to pick up where the show left off and see the rest of the story， there's absolutely no issue。As for the book itsel NO SPOILERSI came off this right after finishing watching the show， without reading the previous books， and other than one major difference that I won't spoil， it was a very smooth transition。 The writing is smooth and easy to read， and the show must have followed the important parts really close because each of the characters here were exactly the ones I saw on screen。 If you want to pick up where the show left off and see the rest of the story， there's absolutely no issue。As for the book itself， it was fun！ A bit long， but though the book felt like there was too much filler， I don't really see how you'd cut anything out。 Lots of action and dispair and politics。 And of course， our favorite people a bit older but still a family。 It was a wild and thoroughly enjoyable ride。 。。。more
Carl
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Finally we have gotten to the part of the expanse where humans are moving and shaping the important narrative， the one with ancient alien technology humans have stumbled upon and the other aliens who wiped the first ones out。 Too bad， of course， that the human moving and shaping the important narrative is Winston Duarte， a wannabe philosopher-king with pretensions of immortality， with a horde of well-trained， and alien-technology wielding true believers to do his bidding to create a Grand Empire Finally we have gotten to the part of the expanse where humans are moving and shaping the important narrative， the one with ancient alien technology humans have stumbled upon and the other aliens who wiped the first ones out。 Too bad， of course， that the human moving and shaping the important narrative is Winston Duarte， a wannabe philosopher-king with pretensions of immortality， with a horde of well-trained， and alien-technology wielding true believers to do his bidding to create a Grand Empire of Humanity。 Under， of course， his immortal imperial watch。 What could possibly go wrong？ 。。。more
Miles
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3☆
Steven Jones
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The series continued and much like modern shows， features a unique way to change the setting just slightly and find a new way to keep the story fresh again。 One good thing is that by doing this the characters were allowed to not have the entirety of the 'lives' that we see in print become overwhelmed by the issues of our main story。 It feels like the best way a sequel brings in older characters for nostalgia， but we know that they are there for the right reasons。We know that our crew of heroes h The series continued and much like modern shows， features a unique way to change the setting just slightly and find a new way to keep the story fresh again。 One good thing is that by doing this the characters were allowed to not have the entirety of the 'lives' that we see in print become overwhelmed by the issues of our main story。 It feels like the best way a sequel brings in older characters for nostalgia， but we know that they are there for the right reasons。We know that our crew of heroes has the ability to make things happen and when things don't break their way its mostly because they are choosing to do the right thing and be the good guys。 Knowing this was a set up for the ending， thibgs kept pace even though all of these novels are really long。 。。。more
Paz R。M。
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3。5 starsFirst thoughts:Uphill battle to try to get used to the story when there was a 30 year gap between book 6 and 7。 A whole life passed between each book and I feel like I never really got over having missed so much time of the Roci crew together。 Especially considering that in the last book there were two additional characters joining the crew officially。 Clarissa and Bobbie。 Specially with Clare， I wish I've seen the bonding moments， I wish we've got to see her finding herself and work th 3。5 starsFirst thoughts:Uphill battle to try to get used to the story when there was a 30 year gap between book 6 and 7。 A whole life passed between each book and I feel like I never really got over having missed so much time of the Roci crew together。 Especially considering that in the last book there were two additional characters joining the crew officially。 Clarissa and Bobbie。 Specially with Clare， I wish I've seen the bonding moments， I wish we've got to see her finding herself and work through her issues and past with Holden。 Here， we never really get a sense if there was forgiveness and a genuine relationship between them。 So I felt like there was so much wasted potential regarding character development and just character story。 I understand why they had to jump forward in time for the plot to look more believable， but I wish there was a book before this with the Roci exploring new worlds and helping the colonies。 There was a shake in the world （galaxy） order， and we didn't get to see any of it happen "in real time"。Regarding the other characters， it's always difficult to like new narrators。 Given that in The Expanse there's always an intent to show every side of the story， there are always pov characters that are "villains" or part of a third party。 In this book in particular， I just couldn't enjoy Singh and Drummer chapters， which are pretty much half of this book。 There were some interesting parts， specially in Singh's story， but overall I did not enjoy reading those chapters。 I kind of think that in the case of a future re-read， I'd have no problem skipping Drummer's story entirely。 Overall， this is my least favorite novel from the series so far。 The ending is at least promising， but I'm not sure if I'll pick up the next book immediately。 The time jump truly ruined it more than I even thought originally。 。。。more
Shawn Deal
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I liked it but it did take me awhile to get past the thirty year time jump。 But just as good as any in the series。
Katja
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More action than in the previous books combined！Wow。 Just wow。 And freaking finally！ From start to finish this was a wild ride - unsettling， gripping， with lots and lots of stuff going on。 I haven't been this invested in an Expanse book since Leviathan Wakes。Persepolis Rising finally leaves behind the political tiptoeing and vague intrigues of the previous Expanse books。 Instead， the action kicks in at about 30% and doesn't ebb off until the end with each POV keeping me engaged and on edge。It's More action than in the previous books combined！Wow。 Just wow。 And freaking finally！ From start to finish this was a wild ride - unsettling， gripping， with lots and lots of stuff going on。 I haven't been this invested in an Expanse book since Leviathan Wakes。Persepolis Rising finally leaves behind the political tiptoeing and vague intrigues of the previous Expanse books。 Instead， the action kicks in at about 30% and doesn't ebb off until the end with each POV keeping me engaged and on edge。It's been a while since I was so invested in a book， so no doubt about the full five stars and godspeed onwards to book eight！5/5 。。。more
Matthew Prindle
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Back on track with the return of the protomolecule， a compelling villain， and more Bobbi Draper。
emily
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Mostly scattered thoughts here， but worth jotting down:One thing I have always loved about The Expanse is a thing the Wachowskis said about Sense8: that this is a world where the body count is low because they think it's more interesting for people to have to live with the consequences of their actions。 That said， boy I was not sorry to see Singh go。 In fact I was kind of bummed we didn't see him get the chop on-screen。 MAN I hated that guy。And oh， Clarissa， Peaches darling， you will be so misse Mostly scattered thoughts here， but worth jotting down:One thing I have always loved about The Expanse is a thing the Wachowskis said about Sense8: that this is a world where the body count is low because they think it's more interesting for people to have to live with the consequences of their actions。 That said， boy I was not sorry to see Singh go。 In fact I was kind of bummed we didn't see him get the chop on-screen。 MAN I hated that guy。And oh， Clarissa， Peaches darling， you will be so missed。 It struck me how much Wes Chatham and Nadine Nicole brought to the roles of Amos and Clarissa on-screen， because I felt a lot more deeply for both of them than I think I would have without having seen the show。 But I felt like I could see Amos more clearly as Bobbie and Naomi and Holden watched him watch Clarissa deteriorate， and it made me so sad for him。 I think the reason I wasn't ready for this book the past 3 times I've started it was the time jump。 Old man Holden was so jarring at first， and I think I was put off by the thought of missing out on all that time。 But once I got into it everyone was still so much like themselves， it was exactly as comforting as I had been hoping it would be。 Like hanging out with old friends。 I。。。 didn't really give a shit about this version of Drummer， sadly。 One way the show for sure spoiled me with its excellence-- Camina was such a bright point， so fierce and yet so vulnerable， just SUCH a great character start to finish。 This version of her， I felt like was present mostly so we could get the Sol-system political perspective without having to find a reason for Avasarala to still be around and leading things。 Her chapters were pretty boring aside from the plot moments。 Ready for book 8。 Come on， library！ 。。。more
Matthew Woods
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This book was great。 It has two storylines， an A and a B story and one is quite local whereas the other is more grand in scope and involves all the systems。 The local story reads like an Ocean's Eleven movie where as the grander story is filled with intrigue and more politics。 I really liked the 'bigger' story and found it the best the Expanse has been however the smaller more local storyline was hard to get through。 This book was great。 It has two storylines， an A and a B story and one is quite local whereas the other is more grand in scope and involves all the systems。 The local story reads like an Ocean's Eleven movie where as the grander story is filled with intrigue and more politics。 I really liked the 'bigger' story and found it the best the Expanse has been however the smaller more local storyline was hard to get through。 。。。more
Courtney ✌
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Another great installment in the series！ I'm honestly pretty impressed that I haven't encountered a single dud or even a slightly more boring book in this series yet。 These are such solid books。This one definitely felt like a long set up for the end of the series and this final story arc， but there was a lot of great stuff going on in it。 Plenty of action and some good character development thrown in for good measure。 Great pacing and a fun story， as always！Excited to see what happens with these Another great installment in the series！ I'm honestly pretty impressed that I haven't encountered a single dud or even a slightly more boring book in this series yet。 These are such solid books。This one definitely felt like a long set up for the end of the series and this final story arc， but there was a lot of great stuff going on in it。 Plenty of action and some good character development thrown in for good measure。 Great pacing and a fun story， as always！Excited to see what happens with these next two books and the end of the story。 。。。more
Ian
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Not at all what I was expecting。 So much better for that。Typically every Expanse novel has the good guys pulling victory out of the jaws of defeat at the last minute。 I was kind of expecting this to happen again， but that wasn’t the case。This novel takes place about three decades after the last one。 Drummer leads the Transport Union。 Medina station remains in the central hub administering the gates。 This novel has mainly Bobbie and Drummer’s voices plus Singh’s， with the occasional Holden， Naomi Not at all what I was expecting。 So much better for that。Typically every Expanse novel has the good guys pulling victory out of the jaws of defeat at the last minute。 I was kind of expecting this to happen again， but that wasn’t the case。This novel takes place about three decades after the last one。 Drummer leads the Transport Union。 Medina station remains in the central hub administering the gates。 This novel has mainly Bobbie and Drummer’s voices plus Singh’s， with the occasional Holden， Naomi， Alex and one Clarissa， her one and last time。 In this novel Laconia is where the breakaway MRCN forces went with a sample of the protomolecule。 The leader Duarte uses it on himself to become an powerful， immortal leader。 They also create new ships using protomolecule technology。 They determine to take over control of the gates and all of humanity。 They send one ship which easily takes Medina Station。 The Rocinanti crew joins the underground on Medina Station。 The single Laconia warship then invades Sol space。 And the Sol system surrenders！ Holden is taken to Lanonia and the Roci escapes to Freehold along with a captured Laconia ship with protomolecule technology。 And that is where the books ends！ 。。。more
Les Abernathy
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If I broke down my thoughts on this book into one word， it would be "well-balanced"。 Not super great by any means， but shows a clear path to tell the best story it can within its universe。 Its faults are more missed opportunities than anything else， and what it does well it makes sure to do so in abundance。 As the first book in the final Expanse arc， it behaves much like a good breakfast。 Giving everything you need to start your day on the right track。PR is better-paced than most other books in If I broke down my thoughts on this book into one word， it would be "well-balanced"。 Not super great by any means， but shows a clear path to tell the best story it can within its universe。 Its faults are more missed opportunities than anything else， and what it does well it makes sure to do so in abundance。 As the first book in the final Expanse arc， it behaves much like a good breakfast。 Giving everything you need to start your day on the right track。PR is better-paced than most other books in the series。 most of the books had a problem with repeating patterns。 Build up to calamity， calamity， deal with the fallout。 This book isn't much better than in that regard， but it paces it much better。 It also has multiple ebbs and flows rather than one massive event to build a story around。 If anything， it feels much like the first book but has learned how to write it better over the course of multiple years。 There's a feeling of getting back to basics without becoming basic in the process。My only major problem with it is the lack of usage in the time skip。 The advantage of a time skip is that you can dislocate characters and events to create the feeling of starting anew。 It can be disorienting， but exciting at the same time。 The problem here is that most of the characters are pretty much the same as they were at the end of the sixth book。 Older to be sure， but different in any real way。 There's nothing bad about it， just feels like something more could have been done。Stupid example: The introduction of Goten towards the beginning of the Buu Saga。 Years had gone by and the audience was hit with several things they expected。 Then， they were hit with a development they weren't。The political dynamics are strong and the writing is smart。 I would even say the prose and characters are better than in most of the previous novels。 Seemingly knowing this is the final arc and the authors put their best foot forward。 All in all， I rather enjoyed this volume of the Expanse series。 I had to chew on a lot of Teflon to get to this point， but I'm glad that I'm here to enjoy it。 。。。more
Helen
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Audio booking it right along
Daniel
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Unreal story， probably one of the best of the series。
Jeffrey Fisher
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Another dandy to kick off the start of the final trilogy。 Exciting， thrilling， and a "new era" of the crew。 Another dandy to kick off the start of the final trilogy。 Exciting， thrilling， and a "new era" of the crew。 。。。more
Jason
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I didn't love the jump in timeline at first， but I'm still enjoying the series。 I didn't love the jump in timeline at first， but I'm still enjoying the series。 。。。more
julia ☆ [owls reads]
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#1 Leviathan Wakes: ★★★★★ | 5 stars#2 Caliban's War: ★★★★★ | 5 stars#3 Abaddon's Gate: ★★★★☆ | 4 stars#4 Cibola Burn: ★★★★☆ | 4 stars#5 Nemesis Games: ★★★★★ | 5 stars#6 Babylon's Ashes: ★★★★☆ | 4 stars*Okay so the time jump here in Persepolis Rising was so very abrupt and it took me a few chapters to really get into the rhythm of things again。 I do have to say that I did love what that did to the plot and world-building， though！I had no idea where the story was going to go here and I really love #1 Leviathan Wakes: ★★★★★ | 5 stars#2 Caliban's War: ★★★★★ | 5 stars#3 Abaddon's Gate: ★★★★☆ | 4 stars#4 Cibola Burn: ★★★★☆ | 4 stars#5 Nemesis Games: ★★★★★ | 5 stars#6 Babylon's Ashes: ★★★★☆ | 4 stars*Okay so the time jump here in Persepolis Rising was so very abrupt and it took me a few chapters to really get into the rhythm of things again。 I do have to say that I did love what that did to the plot and world-building， though！I had no idea where the story was going to go here and I really loved the slow build into a new and very very tense conflict。 There was something about human beings just going back to doing what human beings do because we're incapable of sitting down and having a good time that really captured my attention。 The tension here and all the moving parts as the situation deteriorated was such a great thing to read about and I really loved the overall plot developed。The multiple POV narrative also really worked for me， as usual！ I do think that this time I had more fun with the shifts in perspective than I did in the previous novels。 I was interested in every single character voice and how things were moving forward in their chapters and， together with the fast pace， I legit couldn't put this book down。So many things had obviously changed here considering the time jump and， throughout the book， things got even more complicated。 The ending was fantastic and I am still biting my nails a little bit considering the state of affairs during the final pages。 I really cannot wait for the next couple of books so I can figure out how this is all going to come to an end :D 。。。more
Max
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Picking up a few decades after the thrilling climax to 'Babylon's Ashes'， humanity has settled into the new norm of being split between the Sol system and 1300 other systems via the ring gates， whilst Holden and his crew have gotten old and become a close-knit family。 Suddenly an immense threat appears from the long-forgotten Laconian gate and humanity is forced to realise how thinly spread it has become as vast space battles are rendered obsolete and guerilla fighting appears the only way to re Picking up a few decades after the thrilling climax to 'Babylon's Ashes'， humanity has settled into the new norm of being split between the Sol system and 1300 other systems via the ring gates， whilst Holden and his crew have gotten old and become a close-knit family。 Suddenly an immense threat appears from the long-forgotten Laconian gate and humanity is forced to realise how thinly spread it has become as vast space battles are rendered obsolete and guerilla fighting appears the only way to resist the inevitable。The time between books six and seven is fascinating， leaving a 20-odd-year hole to be gradually filled along the way but picking up various characters in whole new guises; Bobby， the new de facto leader， Peaches slowly being eaten up by her own upgrades， Drummer heading up the Transport Union and Avasarala an elderly， but far from forgotten， wise old battleaxe。Setting up the final trilogy of the series， Persepolis Rising is a chunky tome， covering a huge amount of ground effortlessly， with a wonderful pace as dictated by the previous novels and hugely enjoyable even as a standalone book。Brilliant。 。。。more
Andreea
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The Rocinante crew gets split up in this one: one member is taken hostage， one is killed， and two take control of another ship。It's a good book but a sad one which makes a clear point， more than any other preceding book in this series， that the expanse is a story about human nature above everything else。 People are people， they want to go to war and take control over other people， who they think are inferior。 Sounds familiar？It's like actual human history presented in space。 Disappointing to dis The Rocinante crew gets split up in this one: one member is taken hostage， one is killed， and two take control of another ship。It's a good book but a sad one which makes a clear point， more than any other preceding book in this series， that the expanse is a story about human nature above everything else。 People are people， they want to go to war and take control over other people， who they think are inferior。 Sounds familiar？It's like actual human history presented in space。 Disappointing to discover the authors envisioning future people repeating the mistakes of their ancestors。 。。。more
Phil
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Pretty O。K。 book， ending 60 pages were the best， not enough for 4 stars though。
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