But what I can tell you is that reading it is like coming home. I'm reading it slowly because I don't know if there'll be another novel in the series or when it will come out. (Wes Chatham's portrayal of likeable psychopath Amos is particularly on point, as is Shohreh Aghdashloo's take on politician Avasarala.) The program was canceled by SyFy but was rescued by Amazon a fourth season has been ordered, but with, alas, fewer episodes reportedly Amazon owner Jeff Bezos is a big fan. The characters in the show are absolute replicas of those in the books. Sure, there are some differences, but they're done simply to streamline things that are more complex in the novels. The great thing is how closely the show follows the books. I've got a bit of an obsessive personality. I could take a little time with them.Īlong the way I rewatched the first three seasons of the show repeatedly. I wore earbuds or headphones, listened to soft piano music and sped through the books until I remembered I was reading them for enjoyment. "Tiamat's Wrath," which came out in late March, wasn't ready for me yet, so I went back and read books two and three. Since the TV show had already covered the action in the first three books, I started with the fourth novel, "Cibola Burn." Frankly it's the weakest of the novels, but it still hurried me along to books five, six and seven. But when Christmas vacation came along, I decided to catch up on "The Expanse" book series. I hate-read some novels, wade through dense nonfiction, try to keep the book reviews broad-ranging and sometimes take whatever book publishers offer to me. I've praised in on every social media network that I know how to use I've announced my belief that it is the best science fiction program ever to air on television - better than any version of "Star Trek," "Battlestar Galactica" and "The X-Files," among others.ĭoing this job, I don't always get to read books that appeal to me. Watching it was a pleasure, and not at all a guilty one. The TV show is brilliant, however, and the casting is all but perfect. If the book series hadn't been turned into a cable television series called "The Expanse," I might've forgotten about it. I got the second book in the series for Christmas years ago, but by then I didn't have time to read it. Part action thriller, part political drama and all science fiction, the book focused on a small crew of ice miners who survived an attack by a stealth spacecraft out in the asteroid belt. The book was a vast, sprawling space opera set within a practical, believable version of the future. "Leviathan Awakes" introduced me to all (or most) of the characters mentioned above. 'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters. 'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' 'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com 'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books The Expanse is the biggest science fiction series of the last decade and is now a major TV series. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe. Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries and secret corporations, and the odds are against them. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and Holden, they both realise this girl may hold the key to everything. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money - and money talks. War is coming to the system, unless Jim can find out who abandoned the ship and why.ĭetective Miller is looking for a girl. A secret that someone is willing to kill for, and on an unimaginable scale. When he and his crew discover a derelict ship called the Scopuli, they suddenly find themselves in possession of a deadly secret. Jim Holden is an officer on an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. Humanity has colonised the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach. 'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be' George R. Leviathan Wakes is the first book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series - over 7 million copies sold worldwide. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES
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