eBook, 591 pages
English language
Published June 16, 2014 by Orbit Books.
The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly controlled flood, landing on a new world. Among them, the Rocinante, haunted by the vast, posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the protomolecule.
But Holden and his crew must also contend with the growing tensions between the settlers and the company which owns the official claim to the planet. Both sides will stop at nothing to defend what's theirs, but soon a terrible disease strikes and only Holden - with help from the ghostly Detective Miller - can find the cure.
The only reason I'm giving this book 4 stars is because, likely through no fault of the author, I found the narration of the audio book to be distracting and annoying. This led to frequent breaks from listening to the book. Overall, a good story, but I chose the wrong format.
I've put this off for so long because I feared the story had taken a direction I didn't like. Luckily I was wrong, as I enjoyed this book very much. I still don't like Holden, but everybody else's POV was just lovely. Anyone who enjoyed the first few books will also like this one.
This is the song that never ends.. people get mad and stick it to their friends! La la la la la..
A year+ away from home, got an entire new planet to populate--space galore, there's no problem here right? HAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH.. Yea for you to be reading this means you read the previous books. Be ready for it. Don't blink. Doooon't blink.. You blinked. It happens again.
I say it often, I enjoy this series. It frustrates me like my workouts--I know they are good for me, but that last set I really want to quit, I really want to stop. My brain, my body, says stop. But if I do, I know it's not as good for me. So.. you have to finish, and when you do, all the pain and worry eases off you with a nice wave of endorphins.
You get me?
The rings are open, there are …
This is the song that never ends.. people get mad and stick it to their friends! La la la la la..
A year+ away from home, got an entire new planet to populate--space galore, there's no problem here right? HAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH.. Yea for you to be reading this means you read the previous books. Be ready for it. Don't blink. Doooon't blink.. You blinked. It happens again.
I say it often, I enjoy this series. It frustrates me like my workouts--I know they are good for me, but that last set I really want to quit, I really want to stop. My brain, my body, says stop. But if I do, I know it's not as good for me. So.. you have to finish, and when you do, all the pain and worry eases off you with a nice wave of endorphins.
You get me?
The rings are open, there are worlds to populate but now we have the tension of a first landing squatter set and a corporate contract. Let's all land in the same spot and vie for supremacy via broken psychology, sociopathy, passion, and more. Oh--and Alien Miller is around.. What could go wrong? Wha...
I wish you luck!
I enjoyed this one more than the previous book although I am starting to feel as if Corey is channeling Tom Clancy a bit. This was an interesting story and it developed the storyline nicely. I'm tempted to start the next book right away (the one reason I am hesitating is because this series is becoming a bit of an addiction).
I could not really say what this book was about, and I didn't enjoy the new characters as much as the ones in the previous books. Still enjoying the universe, and will likely pick up book five when I get a chance, but no top marks from me for this particular one.
