Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, 1)

By James S.A. Corey

Book Overview

The first book in the revolutionary New York Times bestselling Expanse series, a modern masterwork of science fiction. Leviathan Wakes introduces Captain James Holden, his crew, and Detective Miller as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Now a Prime Original series. 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. " Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written." -- George R. R. Martin

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316390682
• ISBN13: 9780316390682
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Orbit
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Modern Space Opera

A wonderful and original novel that you won't want to stop reading. Corey really lets you step into each of the main characters' thoughts and feelings.

Space opera at it's best.

Well written space opera. The characters well developed and you care what happens to them. Great introduction to the expanse universe.