Caliban's War
Book 2 of the Expanse (now a Prime Original series)
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Publisher Description
NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES
Caliban's War is the second book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series.
For someone who didn't intend to wreck the solar system's fragile balance of power, Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it.
While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy.
Then, on one of Jupiter's moons, a single super-soldier attacks, slaughtering soldiers of Earth and Mars indiscriminately and reigniting the war. The race is on to discover whether this is the vanguard of an alien army, or if the danger lies closer to home.
The Expanse is the biggest science fiction series of the last decade and is now a major TV series.
Praise for the Expanse:
'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books
'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com
'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' 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
'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal
'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow
The Expanse series:
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising
Tiamat's Wrath
Leviathan Falls
Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Corey (a joint pseudonym for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) returns to the politically charged future solar system setting of Leviathan Wakes for a sprawling space opera thriller. Eighteen months have passed since the now defunct corporation Protogen tried with horrifying results to harness an alien molecule with the power to rearrange living and inanimate matter. The planet Venus is now infected with the molecule, which may be controlled by an extra solar system intelligence. The shaky d tente among Mars, Earth, and the Outer Planets Alliance shatters after aliens attack Earth and Mars forces on Ganymede, making it look like Earth was the aggressor. Capt. James Holden, lately of the OPA, joins up with a botanist on Ganymede whose missing toddler might be the key to this new incident, while U.N. diplomat Chrisjen Avasarala and Martian soldier Bobbie Draper try desperately to avoid interplanetary war. This breakneck tale will have readers itching for book three.
Customer Reviews
A gripping sequel
I bought this after reading Leviathan Wakes and I was hooked immediately, this book picks up a few months after the first story with an attack by an alien super soldier which then turns into a search for a missing girl with an autoimmune disease and then finally a short war between three factions. There is also a good political side story and a few good new characters intermixed with the main cast.
A really good, gripping story. I have already read the third book now and will buy the fourth.
Disappointed
After reading the first book which was in all fairness brilliant 'caliban's war' leaves a lot to be desired. Nowhere near as gripping and fast paced as the first instalment. Really disappointed, but I had high expectations after reading 'leviathan wakes'.. Still not a bad read though, just don't expect the same atmosphere as the first book.
Caliban's War
Brilliant high octane sequel to Leviathan Wakes kept me hooked from beginning to end can't wait for the third.