Caliban's War

James S. A. Corey

Jun 2012 · The Expanse Book 2 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The second book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Caliban's War shows a solar system on the brink of war, and the only hope of peace rests on James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante's shoulders.

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We are not alone.

On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system.

In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante have been keeping the peace for the Outer Planets Alliance. When they agree to help a scientist search war-torn Ganymede for a missing child, the future of humanity rests on whether a single ship can prevent an alien invasion that may have already begun . . .

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

I see that this may have its flaws and quirks. But to someone like me, who enjoys space/sci-fi settings and a good action/thriller, this is definitely a good read. I really enjoy the characters and the story can be a bit predictable at times, but not so much so that your become uninterested it what could happen. I look forward to where the series will go.

If I take both Leviathan Wakes and Caliban's War together, I would give them 9 stars, with the 9th star being in a state of quantum flux between them. The Expanse is just a fun, engaging read. It seems hollowed out asteroids are all the rage nowadays, and that's fine with me. With the Expanse, and forgive me for speaking of them as a whole, but I am, we're given a plausible near-ish future in which we're seeing the strains of an interplanetary system. I like how we're given a sense of the manner in which these lengthy transit times impact relations of the various factions. Most certainly recommend this series.

Loved the first book, this one took me a bit longer to read but I enjoyed it a lot. The characters are well written and very interesting. And the ending left me hungry to start book 3!

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.