The fourth book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Cibola Burn sees the crew of the Rocinante on a new frontier, as the rush to colonize the new planets threatens to outrun law and order and give way to war and chaos. Now a Prime Original series. HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES Enter a new frontier. "An empty apartment, a missing family, that's creepy. But this is like finding a military base with no one on it. Fighters and tanks idling on the runway with no drivers. This is bad juju. Something wrong happened here. What you should do is tell everyone to leave." The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth. James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail. And the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilization that once stood on this land is gone. And that something killed it. The Expanse Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath Leviathan Falls Memory's Legion The Expanse Short Fiction Drive The Butcher of Anderson Station Gods of Risk The Churn The Vital Abyss Strange Dogs Auberon The Sins of Our Fathers
The fourth book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Cibola Burn sees the crew of the Rocinante on a new frontier, as the rush to colonize the new planets threatens to outrun law and order and give way to war and chaos. Now a Prime Original series. HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES Enter a new frontier. "An empty apartment, a missing family, that's creepy. But this is like finding a military base with no one on it. Fighters and tanks idling on the runway with no drivers. This is bad juju. Something wrong happened here. What you should do is tell everyone to leave." The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth. James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail. And the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilization that once stood on this land is gone. And that something killed it. The Expanse Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath Leviathan Falls Memory's Legion The Expanse Short Fiction Drive The Butcher of Anderson Station Gods of Risk The Churn The Vital Abyss Strange Dogs Auberon The Sins of Our Fathers
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Modern space opera reached a major turning point with the publication of Leviathan Wakes in 2011, a gritty science fiction novel blending mystery, political intrigue, and hard sci-fi realism across the solar system. The book was written under the joint pen name James S. A. Corey by authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who transformed a detailed tabletop role-playing game setting into an acclaimed multi-novel franchise.
Daniel Abraham, an established fantasy author, and Ty Franck, a writer and game designer, both live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their collaborative pseudonym combines Abraham's middle name, Franck's middle name, and the initials of Abraham's daughter, structured to mirror classic 1970s space opera writers. Together, they expanded The Expanse from its debut into a nine-novel epic accompanied by short fiction, including the novellas The Butcher of Anderson Station and The Churn. The series earned Hugo Award nominations and a television adaptation produced initially for Syfy. Following the conclusion of The Expanse, the duo formed the multi-platform company Expanding Universe alongside showrunner Naren Shankar and director Breck Eisner, subsequently launching The Captive's War series with the novel The Mercy of Gods.
The collaborative writing of James S. A. Corey blends hard science fiction realism with character-driven space adventure and noir detective elements. Their stories frequently explore humanity's political divides, institutional corruption, economic inequality, and the existential consequences of encountering mysterious alien technology. By balancing believable orbital mechanics and logistics with fast-paced storytelling, the authors present a grounded depiction of human survival and conflict across distant frontiers. Complementing their full-length novels, shorter works like Livesuit explore focused aspects of military technology and human sacrifice within larger interstellar conflicts.
11 books in catalog
Modern space opera reached a major turning point with the publication of Leviathan Wakes in 2011, a gritty science fiction novel blending mystery, political intrigue, and hard sci-fi realism across the solar system. The book was written under the joint pen name James S. A. Corey by authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who transformed a detailed tabletop role-playing game setting into an acclaimed multi-novel franchise.
Daniel Abraham, an established fantasy author, and Ty Franck, a writer and game designer, both live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their collaborative pseudonym combines Abraham's middle name, Franck's middle name, and the initials of Abraham's daughter, structured to mirror classic 1970s space opera writers. Together, they expanded The Expanse from its debut into a nine-novel epic accompanied by short fiction, including the novellas The Butcher of Anderson Station and The Churn. The series earned Hugo Award nominations and a television adaptation produced initially for Syfy. Following the conclusion of The Expanse, the duo formed the multi-platform company Expanding Universe alongside showrunner Naren Shankar and director Breck Eisner, subsequently launching The Captive's War series with the novel The Mercy of Gods.
The collaborative writing of James S. A. Corey blends hard science fiction realism with character-driven space adventure and noir detective elements. Their stories frequently explore humanity's political divides, institutional corruption, economic inequality, and the existential consequences of encountering mysterious alien technology. By balancing believable orbital mechanics and logistics with fast-paced storytelling, the authors present a grounded depiction of human survival and conflict across distant frontiers. Complementing their full-length novels, shorter works like Livesuit explore focused aspects of military technology and human sacrifice within larger interstellar conflicts.
The Expanse
The Expanse
