Cibola Burn

James S. A. Corey

Jun 2014 · The Expanse Book 4 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Jefferson Mays

About this audiobook

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.

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Enter a new frontier.
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"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

Ratings and reviews

This book was a wild ride through space! I loved how it expanded the universe of The Expanse series and introduced us to a whole new planet. The plot kept me guessing, and I was always eager to find out what would happen next. The characters were super interesting, especially the new ones we met on the alien planet. If you're into sci-fi adventures and love a good mystery, you'll definitely enjoy this book

This series just keeps getting better. I was afraid and frustrated at the incorporation of religion at first, as I think that to become a spacefaring species humanity has to evolve past fairy tales and man-made-divisory gods, but, Corey did an amazing job at writing religion into the story in an original way. I'm excited to see old characters resurfacing, and can't wait to see where the story goes.

This was the best book in the series, in my opinion

About the author

James S. A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. In addition to writing the novels and short stories of The Expanse, they wrote and produced the television series of the same name. Daniel lives with his family in the American southwest. Ty will tell you where he lives when and if he wants you to come over.