Leviathan Wakes; James S.A. Corey

I heard about the Syfy Television show The Expanse for a while now, I am have been meaning the watch it. When I learned it was a book I knew I wanted to read the book first. Leviathan Wakes is the first out of nine planned books with seven already out and ready to be read. So as you can see I am a bit late to the game.

Leviathan Wakes Synopsis

Title: Leviathan Wakes
Author: James S.A. Corey
Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera
Publication Date: June 2nd, 2011

'Humanity has colonized the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach.
Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for - and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.
Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.
Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations - and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe

Rating

Hello Fellow Readers,

James Holden, one out of the two main characters of the book, is an Earther and the second in command of the ship the Canterbury. The second main character is Miller, a belter detective given a case to find the missing Julie. Holden and Miller are opposites but play off each other so well. Holden a righteous do-gooder who accidentally starts a war and Miller the reluctant anti-hero. In the beginning I very much like Holden, he seemed like he cared for his crew and was just trying to do what was right, but then along the way, his self-righteousness took away his ability to sit down and think what the best plan of action was. There were times that I wanted to jump into the book grab him and shake him and just yell ‘Stop and Think!’ Of course, I would probably get shot by his crew with how loyal they are.

Miller, on the other hand, was my type of guy, although he was pretty much losing it at the end of the book. Miller didn’t have the naive thoughts that Holden did, being a detective he had the ability to take a step and think about the situation. Although some of this was done in an almost clinical detachment sort of way, that one would probably say he is a loose cannon. Both Abraham and Franck do an amazing job of setting up their galaxy without taking away from the story or characters. I will be reading the second book ‘Caliban’s War’, I am just not sure if I will be reading it right away or read another book in between.

If you like are looking for a good Sci-Fi series to start, look no further.

About The Author

James S.A. Corey is the pen name of fantasy author Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. They both live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first and last name is taken from Abraham's and Franck's names, respectively, and S.A. is the initials of Abraham's daughter. The name is also meant to emulate many of the space opera writers of the 1970s


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