![]() The daughter of the owner of the previous big-bad-corporation is using a false flag attack to spark a war between the three human countries as vengance against Holden whom she blames for the collapse of the scemes of her father in book 2. no second protomolecule torpedo was launched at Earth over the last 2 billion years). but lets face it, we knew that from mid-way through the first book. We find out the obvious supposition that who ever launched the protomolecule at the Sol system 2 billion years ago is no longer around is correct. a very little bit (it introduced a stargate system left over from the makers of the protomolecule. (Miller seeking Julie in the first book, Prax seeking his daughter in the second).Īs disappointing as Caliban's War was, I decided I would slog on and see if the third book introduced new themes. Like the first novel, there is a man obsessively seeking a girl across the whole of the solar system. (In the first novel it was Miller imagining Julie, and in the second it was Holden imagining Naomi). Like the first novel, one of the main characters re-evaluates himself morally, and finds a way back to a more moral stance by imagining what others he knows would do in his place. Like the first novel, a big-bad-corporation is using a false flag attack to spark a war between the three human countries as a distraction to do unethical experimentation with the protomolecule. And it was painful how unoriginal it was compared to the first. I generally enjoyed it, although I felt that the characters were a bit slow to put 2 and 2 together, particularly one of the main characters: Holden. It will be broadcast on the US channel from December 2015.So, a couple of months ago I read Leviathan Wakes (book 1) of The Expanse series of novels by James S. To be noted: Syfy is adapting the books as a TV show. And despite all my niggles, I've enjoyed reading them and I will read the next ones. From the fifth, a new plot begins that will be solved along the next four volumes which are already planned. The first four volumes constitute a complete story. ![]() And in that case, The Expanse fills really well that need. But sometimes you just want to read a story with big space ships that shoot at each other. The plots are decent, the characters manage to evade the Firefly aftertaste as the series progress and the whole is cohesive. It could be food for thought for a teenager but if you're an adult it's a bit of a light weight.īut that's the point of the series: it's just an entertaining space opera with a strong hint of scifi noir in the first volume. There's a vague theme about freedom of information, how big bad corporations are big and bad. It doesn't always work.īut at least is there a larger significance to the series, some sort of ethical or political theme? No. But from the second volume, you can feel the authors are really trying to include characters who aren't white heterosexual males and to avoid stereotypes. The first volume can't pass the Bechdel test. There is also an awful lot of stereotypes. I always have trouble imagining that in 4 or 5 centuries society as we know it will be identical. I've had trouble with that because this far away future is exactly the same than ours, apart from some changes in the political instances. The series takes place in a far future when humanity has colonised Mars and some asteroids. Nonetheless, in the latest published volume, the technique makes much more sense. Ok, why not? But it doesn't always serve a purpose, particularly in the first volume when the characters start to share the same events. But most get better as the books progress. ![]() ![]() Let's face it: I've found many awkward things in this series.
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