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Humanity has colonized the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach.

Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, The Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for - and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.

Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to The Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.

Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations - and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.

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"Corey (the shared pseudonym of Ty Franck and Hugo-nominated fantasist Daniel Abraham) kicks off a sprawling space opera series with this riveting interplanetary thriller. Relations among Earth, Mars, and the unincorporated 'Belter' settlements of the asteroid belt and outer planets are rarely more than cordial. When ice hauler Jim Holden investigates an emergency beacon on a derelict Belter ship, he finds — and broadcasts — evidence that it was attacked by Mars forces. Burnt-out Ceres Station detective Joe Miller is puzzled by a drop in organized crime violence and an oddly compelling case involving a missing Earth heiress and a cutting-edge biochemistry company, Protogen. As interplanetary civil war heats up, egged on by the aggressive IRA-like Outer Planets Alliance, Holden and Miller fight and think their way through a sticky web of politics, corporate secrets, and a possible alien invasion. The strong characterization and excellent world-building will have readers jonesing for the planned sequels. (June)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Alfred Ritter, August 4, 2012 (view all comments by Alfred Ritter)
Very enjoyable action scifi read. When the pace is moving, it is great and it hides the book's problems. The characters are thin and idealized and the book has the typical fate of the universe hinging on the actions of a tiny few. Still, the book is a lot of fun and had me reading despite my qualms.
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battlinjack, January 2, 2012 (view all comments by battlinjack)
Expanse #1: Leviathan Wakes has been the absolute best Science Fiction novel of 2011! It is the beginning of a series that can only get better.
It is a rich story of space exploration, derelict ships from the unknown, detectives hunting for missing girls and all the politics and wrangling of a space empire.
Ice miner Jim Holden and Detective Joe Miller, lead characters that will lead you to a rich story that you will NOT put down.
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ISBN:
9780316129084
Author:
Corey, James S A
Publisher:
Orbit
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Corey, James S.A.
Subject:
Science Fiction and Fantasy-Adventure
Publication Date:
20110631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
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"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "Corey (the shared pseudonym of Ty Franck and Hugo-nominated fantasist Daniel Abraham) kicks off a sprawling space opera series with this riveting interplanetary thriller. Relations among Earth, Mars, and the unincorporated 'Belter' settlements of the asteroid belt and outer planets are rarely more than cordial. When ice hauler Jim Holden investigates an emergency beacon on a derelict Belter ship, he finds — and broadcasts — evidence that it was attacked by Mars forces. Burnt-out Ceres Station detective Joe Miller is puzzled by a drop in organized crime violence and an oddly compelling case involving a missing Earth heiress and a cutting-edge biochemistry company, Protogen. As interplanetary civil war heats up, egged on by the aggressive IRA-like Outer Planets Alliance, Holden and Miller fight and think their way through a sticky web of politics, corporate secrets, and a possible alien invasion. The strong characterization and excellent world-building will have readers jonesing for the planned sequels. (June)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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