With new worlds available to mankind, a rogue ship has decided to colonize one of the new planets. After a company gets permission to get into the same planet and sent a ship to mine its resources and claim them as their own, conflict ensues, and Holden is tasked to step in and resolve them. Of course, things don’t go very well when alien technology starts to show up. I loved the build-up of this one, the absolutely catastrophe and implications of how the plot unfolds. Really awesome start to the second Expanse trilogy.

Author: James S.A. Corey.

Started: 17 Mar 2025.