NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIESPersepolis Rising is the seventh novel in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series.Inthe thousand-sun network ofhumanity's expansion,new colony worldsare struggling to find theirway. Every new planet lives on aknife-edge between collapse and wonder,and the crew of the ageinggunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace.In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter,the inner planets and the Belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance,still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices. On the lost colony world of Laconia,a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity - and the power to enforce it.New technologies clash with old,as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient pattern of war and subjugation. But human nature is not the only enemy,and the forces being unleashed have their own price. A price that will change the shape of humanity - and of the Rocinante - unexpectedly and for ever . . .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'SciFiNowThe 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: 9780356510323Number of pages: 576Weight: 389 gDimensions: 132 x 201 x 36 mm
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Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be writtenAs close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book formThis is the future the way it was supposed to beTense and thrillingGreat characters,excellent dialogue,memorable fight scenesHigh 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 produceCorey's tense,tightly plotted story is stuffed to the brim with intrigue,action,awesome alien tech,multidimensional characters and provocative ideasThe Expanse series remains the gold standard of ongoing modern space opera
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