Tiamat's Wrath (book 8 Of The Expanse (now A Prime Original Series))

By (author) Corey James S. A.
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The eighth novel in James S. A. Corey''s New York Times bestselling science fiction series, the Expanse - now a major TV series
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NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES

Tiamat''s Wrath is the eighth book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series.

Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper.

In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed, and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay.

At the heart of the empire, Teresa Duarte prepares to take on the burden of her father''s godlike ambition. The sociopathic scientist Paolo Cortázar and the Mephistophelian prisoner James Holden are only two of the dangers in a palace thick with intrigue, but Teresa has a mind of her own and secrets even her father the emperor doesn''t guess.

And throughout the wide human empire, the scattered crew of the Rocinante fights a brave rear-guard action against Duarte''s authoritarian regime. Memory of the old order falls away, and a future under Laconia''s eternal rule - and with it, a battle that humanity can only lose - seems more and more certain. Because against the terrors that lie between worlds, courage and ambition will not be enough . . .

The Expanse is the biggest science fiction series of the last decade and is now a major TV series.

Praise for the Expanse:

''The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire'' NPR Books

''As close as you''ll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form'' io9.com

''Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights'' wired.com

''High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce'' Library Journal

''This is the future the way it''s supposed to be'' Wall Street Journal

''Tense and thrilling'' SciFiNow

The Expanse series:
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 Complete Expanse Story Collection

Review quote:
As close as you''ll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form

This is the future the way it was supposed to be

Tense and thrilling

Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written
Biographical note:
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.
Review quote: previous work:
As close as you''ll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form

This is the future the way it was supposed to be

Tense and thrilling

Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written