[/amazon_link]I’m enjoying the upcoming (June 15th) “[amazon_link id=”0316129089″ target=”_blank” ]Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse)[/amazon_link]”, written by the Arisian Fusion known as James Corey, and consisting of the melded brains of Daniel Abraham and Ty Frank. One of the things I like is that the players in this belter v inner system conflict aren’t all brilliant strategists, and the political situation is complicated. I’m pretty sure this perspective comes from their gaming experiences.
The action is fast, the characters well realized, the writing is solid, and it’s coming out both in Kindle and paperback versions. I’m thinking this could well be an excellent Philip K. Dick Award contender, among others.
There’s a nice interview with the two of them on Orbit Books YouTube channel in which they talk about collaborating, new space opera and other cool stuff.
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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.