NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES Leviathan Wakes is the first book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series - over 7 million copies sold worldwide.'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be'George R. R. MartinHumanityhas colonised the solar system - Mars,the Moon,the Asteroid Belt andbeyond - but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden isan officer on an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to themining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew discover a derelictship called the Scopuli,they suddenly find themselves inpossession of a deadly secret. A secret that someone is willing to killfor,and on an unimaginable scale. War is coming to the system,unlessJim can find out who abandoned the ship and why. DetectiveMiller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions,but herparents have money - and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and Holden,they both realise this girl may hold the key to everything. Holdenand Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government,theOuter Planet revolutionaries and secret corporations,and the odds areagainst them. But out in the Belt,the rules are different,and onesmall ship can change the fate of the universe.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 WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathLeviathan Falls Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9781841499895Number of pages: 592Weight: 404 gDimensions: 126 x 198 x 37 mm
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'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be''As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form''This is the future the way it's supposed to be''Tense and thrilling''Great characters,excellent dialogue,memorable fight scenes''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'
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