In the meantime, James Holden and the crew of Rocinante are also trying to decipher the secrets of the protomolecule, the history of the Ring Builders and the enigmatic unknown threat that wiped them out completely and save humanity from following the same path to extinction. Admiral Trejo fights a desperate battle not just to salvage the Empire, but also to to solve the mysterious path of it’s leader Winston Duarte. The Laconian empire is reeling from setbacks at multiple fronts.

The book takes off smoothly from where Tiamat’s Wrath left off. Felt I got a good closure, but not really a satisfying read. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before.Īs nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win.īut the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte’s missing daughter. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte.

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