It is an utter delight to follow their adventures as they do their utmost to save humanity from itself – and from something else. Whatever goes on around the crew, however extraordinary it might be, the heart of the series lives aboard the Rocinante. As a whole, they form the story of Captain Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante. Each of the books is very different but each complements the others and broadens even further this brilliantly imagined future world and solar system. But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun.īabylon’s Ashes is the sixth in the series and, while you could enjoy it as a standalone book, I really advise against it. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. It will end in blood. The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships – has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The sixth book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Babylon’s Ashes has the galaxy in full revolution, and it’s up to the crew of the Rocinante to make a desperate mission to the gate network and thin hope of victory. A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. I adore these books and the crew of the Rocinante lives in my head as I know them and I don’t want that messed with, however good the series might be.
I’m not mentioning the TV series here as I’ve not watched it. If you’ve been following the re-read then you’re reached Babylon’s Ashes and so I’m very happy to encourage you to read it, while trying hard not to spoil anything for those who haven’t. The Expanse is, obviously, a series and so it’s not one you’d want to read out of order. A re-read has been taking place by some of my most excellent fellow book bloggers (do take a look at the poster below) and I am so pleased to be taking up the mantle for Book 6 – Babylon’s Ashes. I am delighted and honoured to take part in Orbit Books’ celebration of this landmark series, while we await Leviathan Falls. You don’t need me to tell you how much the world has changed since then but I do know that I am very ready to discover what is to happen to Holden and his crew, not to mention that pesky protomolecule. It’s been some time since the publication of the last novel (the eighth), Tiamat’s Wrath, in fact I’m rather shocked to discover it’s more than two and a half years. A price that will change the shape of humanity - and of the Rocinante - unexpectedly and forever.It’s a true but saddening cliché that all good things must come to an end and it’s with a mixture of feelings that I look forward to the publication a month from now of Leviathon Falls, the final (sobs) part of what has become my favourite science fiction series, The Expanse. But human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have their own price. New technologies clash with old as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient patterns of war and subjugation. On the lost colony world of Laconia, a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity and the power to enforce it. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace.
In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way.
The seventh book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Persepolis Rising finds an old enemy returning home with more power and technology than anyone thought possible, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante tries to rally forces against the new invasion.
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