Nemesis Games
Nemesis GamesJames S. A. Corey
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Nemesis Games (2015)

James S. A. Corey

Others: Mostly positive

The fifth novel in Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now being produced for television by the SyFy Channel! A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price. And as a new human order is struggling to be born in blood and fire, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante must struggle to survive and get back to the only home they have left.

ISBN:
9780316217583
Length:
536 pages

Genres: science fiction

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Reviews4

Loved it

This book has been my favorite of the recent installments. And we actually get them in this, and we get their backstory and like they're going and doing individual things that eventually intersect, and I loved that. I loved that so much.

Loved it

this book was a bit of a turning point for me as I'd heard a lot of readers say how much they love the crew of the rostanante and after four books I would have said that I like them but I wouldn't have necessarily said that I loved them and this was the book that really made me care about them