Caliban's War

Caliban's War

2012 • 443 pages

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The second book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Caliban's War shows a solar system on the brink of war, and the only hope of peace rests on James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante's shoulders. Now a Prime Original series. We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system. In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante have been keeping the peace for the Outer Planets Alliance. When they agree to help a scientist search war-torn Ganymede for a missing child, the future of humanity rests on whether a single ship can prevent an alien invasion that may have already begun . . . Caliban's War is a breakneck science fiction adventure following the critically acclaimed Leviathan Wakes. The Expanse Leviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis Rising The Expanse Short Fiction The Butcher of Anderson StationGods of RiskThe ChurnThe Vital AbyssStrange Dogs

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Series

9 primary books22 released books

The Expanse

The Expanse is a 22-book series with 9 primary works first released in 6 with contributions by James S. A. Corey.

Leviathan Wakes
The Butcher of Anderson Station
Caliban's War
Gods of Risk
Drive

Series

9 primary books23 released books

The Expanse (Chronological)

The Expanse (Chronological) is a 23-book series with 9 primary works first released in 6 with contributions by James S. A. Corey and Steve Kenson.

Drive
The Churn
The Butcher of Anderson Station
Leviathan Wakes
The Expanse Roleplaying Game

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My review: https://mattstein.com/books/calibans-war

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A bit more of a slow burner with a greater focus on the political wrangling, but given a new favorite character in Crisjen Avasarala, a ridiculously sailor mouthed politician.

June 19, 2012

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