MartinThe Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. Corey’s Hugo Award-winning Expanse series.NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES FROM AMAZON PRIMEHUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES’Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written’ George R. (Yes, there’s room for more stories in the Expansiverse, before, during or after, and I’ll at least try them such if they happen, but if that’s the end of it, I’m OK with that.)Īnd that’s all I think needs saying.The biggest SF series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S. You will, I predict, be happy with, sad by accepting of, amused by, be expecting but probably OK with … and smiling at. So again, all I’m going to say is, the book is available, and if you’ve enjoyed the ride so far, I don’t feel you’ll be let down by the finale. ![]() No, I’m not going to say anything about what’s actually in Leviathan Falls, other than yes, James Holden, Naomi Nagata, Amos and Alex are still with us, plus other characters, good, bad and could-go-either-way from more recent volumes. Part of what’s gratified me about the Expanse has been that it feels like the author(s) live there, in near-future low- and zero-G, in spacecraft large and small, and that - with exceptions due to alien technologies - the laws of physics etc are explicit and respected, so, no FTL space drives or communication, for example.(Somewhat like Babylon V in having the parallel and often intertwining people/political and big-ominous-alien-mystery-threat plotlines.) Already-politically-jousting Belters, Martian colonists, Earthers and others encounter an alien technology, the protomolecule.Our story is PoV’d primarily by what becomes the close-knit plucky, adventury crew of the good spaceship Rocinante (and kudos to Abraham and Franck for consistently following one character’s PoV per chapter, and putting said PoV-er’s name as part of each chapter’s title).(I had debated backing up to Book 7: Persepolis Rising, because “Wait, Holden is what/where why?” but did some quick web browsing and decided that refresher was good enough.)įor those who haven’t yet read any of the Expanse books (or watched the SyFy/Amazon series, on the home stretch of its currently-final season (there apparently are legit ways to finesse contractual constraints to give us more), here’s a few quick notes: I was maybe 30-50 pages into Leviathan Falls when I read one too many references to and said to myself, “Wait, what?”, got Book 8 from my library and read that before resuming Falls. My one suggestion, depending on how much you do/don’t remember of Book 8: Tiamat’s Wrath - consider going back and reading it. Again, it did, leaving me (ditto the friend who first got me reading these books, who I was chatting with at various stages of my reading) that combination of sadness that we’re done and the happy feeling for the journey and that the ending met our emotional (and critical) expectations. I had approached Leviathan Falls with the unfounded trepidation and baseless concern as to whether the book would do right by plot and characters. (I had the same feeling of satisfactory wrap-up and closure with the third-and-final season of Netflix’s Lost In Space ditto Andy Weir’s recent Project Hail Mary, to name a few.) ![]() Including a brief, touching epilogue, which, not unreasonably, does not involve shawarma. Leviathan Falls wraps up the major and minor plot lines and arcs, some going all the way back to Book 1, and gives closure to the various personal and interpersonal journeys of the main characters. Book 9 is a good read, and left me sad that the journey was over, but satisfied with how it went and ended. Corey, launched us into a (at the time) solar-system-wide adventure.Īnd now, a decade and three trilogies later, the tale/saga comes to an end, and, thankfully, impressively but not surprisingly, “sticks the landing” or whatever sports or other metaphor you want to use. By Daniel Dern: A decade ago, Leviathan Wakes, the first book of the Expanse series by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, writing together as James S.
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