Abaddon's Gate
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Publisher Description
The third book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Abaddon's Gate opens the door to the ruins of an alien gate network, and the crew of the Rocinante may hold the key to unlocking its secrets. Now a Prime Original series.
For generations, the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt -- was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark.
Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.
Abaddon's Gate is a breakneck science fiction adventure following the critically acclaimed Caliban's War.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Corey (a shared pseudonym for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) delivers a politically complex and pulse-pounding page-turner to continue the Expanse space opera series. Not too long after the events of Caliban's War, the alien matter-manipulating protomolecule that had taken over Venus catapults mysterious mechanisms out beyond the orbit of Uranus. Those mechanisms build a thousand-kilometer-wide ring that the governments of Earth, Mars, and the Outer Planets Alliance all race to investigate. Capt. James Holden of the Rocinante plans to be on the other side of the solar system during those investigations, but the government of Mars files suit to reclaim the Rocinante and forces Holden's crew to schlep a news team out to the Ring. Meanwhile, Clarissa Melpomene "Melba" Mao, the daughter of disgraced tycoon Jules-Pierre Mao, sets up an intricate plan of revenge against Holden for his actions against her father. Corey perfectly balances character development with action and uses shifts in point of view to keep the large cast intimate. Politics, philosophical ideas, and humor mingle in a tale that will shock and surprise. New readers should start with book one; series fans will find this installment the best yet.
Customer Reviews
The Exciting Third Volume of The Expanse
With Abbadon's Gate we have the continuation of the Expanse Series into new areas! Like in previous entries, we have the core characters of Captain Holden and his crew, but new and fascinating characters of many types are introduced and play significant roles in the story. I particularly liked Anna the Minister and Bull the hard shelled security chief.
The story starts off with the proto-molecule picking up and leaving Venus to travel to the outer solar system. Once there, it forms a large circular structure. The various factions of humanity, Earth, Mars, and the Outer Planets determine this ring structure must be investigated. Of course, they can't trust each other so they must all send their own ships. Captain Holden and his crew get hired to go along. The fun really starts when they arrive!
There are some themes that run through this work. Making bad choices and having to suffer the consequences of those and those of others is one concept. More hopefully, there is the theme of regret and ultimately redemption. These take the story in unexpected and interesting directions
Decent Read
Ok read
delete melba delete anna
i don’t care about this stupid redemption narrative of copy/paste chore boy characters.
both of them are weak plot vehicles the likes of which i expect to see on crappy network TV.
i love everything about this story, this world, and the characters. expect melba and anna. they’re an insult. this book sucked because of them and i skipped about 100 pages because i could not get them out of my life quick enough.
