LEVIATHAN FALLS : BOOK 9 OF THE EXPANSE (NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES) – JAMES S. A. COREY

"The biggest SF series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S. A. Corey s Hugo Award-winning Expanse series. NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES FROM AMAZON PRIME HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written George R. R. Martin The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte s missing daughter. . . and the shattered emperor himself. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before. As nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win. But the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat. A thrill ride of a tale . . . This is a deeply satisfying and fitting conclusion to one of the best space opera series in many years Booklist (starred review) 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 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,