Leviathan Wakes

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What to expect

The first book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse sequence, now a major new TV series from SyFy.

Humanity has colonized 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.

Critics Review

  • ‘Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be’

    George R. R. Martin
  • ‘As close as you’ll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form’

    io9.com
  • ‘This is the future the way it’s supposed to be’

    Wall Street Journal
  • ‘Tense and thrilling’

    SciFiNow
  • ‘Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fight scenes’

    wired.com
  • ‘High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce’

    Library Journal

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