Leviathan Wakes

James S. A. Corey

Jun 2011 · The Expanse Book 1 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Now a Prime Original series. 

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.

"Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written." —George R. R. Martin

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

Well written, damaging, damming, and detrimental to a tender heart. like Seven Eves by Neil Stephens; James S. A. Corey is a master of his craft. What he chooses to craft is even more important than how well he does it. This Book is a chilling, vivid, believable, portrayal of humanity depraved and ambitious with no God in sight and an enemy terrible without and within. This book left me feeling depressed and chafing, bristling with injustice that wasn't real. not a good read... like Seven Eves

Story is great, I was looking forward to reading the whole series! But then I noticed a trend starting that shouldn't be there, every strong in charge person is female and ever male can't do anything right without a female telling him how to do it! Don't get me wrong I have nothing against a female being in charge. But when in turn every male is made to look incompetent. This is no longer a good story, it's a agenda!

Think Game of Thrones quality and attention to detail in a sleek science fiction package. Remember it being a bit dry about 2/3-3/4 through, and I put it down then before picking it up and completing it a few months later. The rest of the series does a great job keeping up the pace and are real page turners. Excellent world building in a medium-term future as humanity colonizes the Solar system. Mostly hard science fiction, with plausible physics, and politics for the era. Gripping story, and characters that become more and more engaging as you dive deeper into their stories throughout the series. Multiple characters' viewpoints are used by turn in successive chapters.

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.