Instead, I am on the set of a new television series, a location that, until now, only existed in words on a page. If I didn’t know better, I’d think that I was standing on a real ship, hurtling through space. The crew work stations look worn, the walls are covered with warning signs, and the grated floor looks like something designed to be functional. R.It’s March 2015, and I am standing on the bridge of a starship. 'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written.' -George R. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe. Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations-and the odds are against them. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.

One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.ĭetective Miller is looking for a girl. A secret that someone is willing to kill for-and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. HUGO AWARD FOR BEST SERIES Humanity has colonized the solar system-Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond-but the stars are still out of our reach. Corey comes the first book in the genre-defining space opera series, The Expanse, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. A reversible cover that features the full, uncropped artwork of the original cover artįrom New York Times-bestselling and Hugo award-winning author James S.Stained edges and illustrated endpapers.This 10th anniversary edition hardcover includes: Corey’s modern masterwork of science fiction.

A special edition hardcover that celebrates the 10th anniversary of James S.

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