Caliban's war
by James S. A. Corey · first published 2012
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The second book in the NYT best-selling 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 spre
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Here is a partial list of the books I read this year. These are all books that stood out to me which I enjoyed: Fiction Books: * Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War, Abaddon's Gate, Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey * Homeworld, Out of the Black (books 3 & 4 in the Odyssey One series) by Evan Currie * Furies of Calderon, Academ’s Fury (1 & 2 of the Codex Alera series)…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗I can't get into details without spoiling both seasons of the show and some pretty considerable plot turns in Caliban's War and possibly Abaddon's Gate as well - but I will say that I've been really disappointed with the way the latter half of the second season, in particular, has turned some major characters into absurd caricatures…
on “William Gibson’s Never-Filmed Aliens Sequel” ↗…Daniel T. Jackson "Gatebound" - Brandon Sanderson "Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England" Re-reads (mostly on audio for dozing off, but then got hooked .. again): - James S.A. Corey "Caliban's War" & "Cibola Burn" - George RR Martin "Game of Thrones" - Robin Hobb "Assassin's Apprentice"
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗