Science Fiction
From Goodreads:
The
gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush
has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly
controlled flood, landing on a new world. Among them, the Rocinante, haunted by
the vast, posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what
destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the
protomolecule.
But Holden and his crew must also
contend with the growing tensions between the settlers and the company which
owns the official claim to the planet. Both sides will stop at nothing to
defend what's theirs, but soon a terrible disease strikes and only Holden -
with help from the ghostly Detective Miller - can find the cure.
At the end of the last book we left
after the crew of the Rocinante helped open the gates to thousands of
world. Two years later we find
them headed to a mission to keep the peace between two different groups on the
first planet to be opened. The
crew’s old friend the protomolecule has been there and left danger for the new arrivals.
Like the three previous books Cibola Burn is non-stop
science fiction adventure. There
is the friction between the two groups, a sudden world wide storm, killer
slugs, a disease like condition, ships in orbit without power, and people who
think death is better than giving away one inch of the planet.
All of this comes together to make another great story in
the Expanse series. Cibola Burn
can be read as a stand-alone. While
the back-story from the previous books is mentioned only a small part is needed
in Cibola Burn. Like the back-story
the most important world building for this story is done in Cibola Burn. The
only element that is a big carry over is the character building that has been
done for Holden and his crew. The
rest of the story is filled with characters new to the series.
There is a hint of what will happen in the world of the
Expanse in the Epilogue. I think
Holden and crew will be back in another exciting and interesting adventure some
time in the future.
Orbit published Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey in 2014.
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