Leviathan Wakes
Book One of the Expanse
by James S.A. Corey
4/5
Orbit 592 pages June 15, 2011
Humanity has colonized the solar system, but tensions between Earth, Mars, and the Belt are reaching a breaking point. When a missing-person case and a derelict ship converge, detective Miller and Captain Holden uncover a conspiracy that threatens all of human civilization.
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Jim doesn't say this lightly — The Expanse is the best space opera of the 21st century. Leviathan Wakes kicks it off with a noir mystery wrapped in hard sci-fi wrapped in political intrigue, and it hooks you from page one. Miller is the grizzled detective every bookworm dreams of being, and Holden is the idealist who keeps making things worse. The protomolecule stuff? Genuinely creepy. Four worms and a strong recommendation to clear your schedule because you WILL binge the whole series.
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