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By (author) Corey, James S. A.; By (author) Corey James S. A.
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Cibola Burn is the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, now a Prime Original series
NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES
Cibola Burn is the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series.
The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush tocolonise has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out fromhumanity”s home planets. Illus, the first human colony on this vast newfrontier, is being born in blood and fire.
Independent settlersstand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship withonly their determination, courage and the skills learned in the longwars of home. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey anew and alien world.
James Holden and the crew of his one smallship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the heartof chaos. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks themission was meant to fail.
And the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilisation which once stood on this land is gone. And that something killed them.
The Expanse is the biggest science fiction series of the last decade and is now a major TV series.
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, memorable fights” wired.com
”High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce” Library Journal
”This is the future the way it”s supposed to be” Wall Street Journal
”Tense and thrilling” SciFiNow
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
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Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be
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As close as you”ll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form
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This is the future the way it”s supposed to be
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Tense and thrilling
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Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fight scenes
Review quote
High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce
Biographical note
James S. A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. In addition to writing the novels and short stories of The Expanse, they wrote and produced the television series of the same name. Daniel lives with his family in the American southwest. Ty will tell you where he lives when and if he wants you to come over.
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