Loved itThis is a huge character-driven space opera finale to the first six books of the of the Expanse series and before it sort of flips the table on us and jumps forward a number of years for book seven, eight, nine.
Babylon’s ashes (2016)
Others: Leaning positive The Expanse Saga continues in the 6th installment. The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships – has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network.
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Loved itso this as far as like a conclusion to these arcs was super good I listened to the Audi book and I really like the narrator I think his name is Jeff Jefferson Mae I want to say he does a lot of different science fiction books and I really like his narration style so I gave this like four 4.5 Stars