Dans Mon Catalogue

tp, 547 pages

English language

Published June 3, 2013 by Orbit Books.

ISBN:: 9780316129077

(2 reviews)

For generations, the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt -- was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark.

Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.

Abaddon's Gate is a breakneck science fiction adventure following the critically acclaimed Caliban's War.

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Arunsr1ni reviewed Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey

Review of "Abaddon's Gate" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I felt it was a drag halfway through. I even defected to some Iain M Banks and Max Gladstone. I picked it back up and read some hundred pages. It was so good I could not take it off of my mind. I read this book at nights after winning big or losing miserably amidst my first Vegas trip and finished the last part in car, first time I've done that to any book. Which goes to show how satisfied I was with the end.

Wakes had Miller. Caliban's war had Avasarala. Abaddon's gate has Anna Volodov. A Christian priest that spoke sense amongst people who would rather see everyone around them die, and kept every grounded when whole world went tatters.

Holden - with his own start a war and help best to stop it!, pulling humanity away from annihilation yet again. Miller in his new avatar - helping …

I felt it was a drag halfway through. I even defected to some Iain M Banks and Max Gladstone. I picked it back up and read some hundred pages. It was so good I could not take it off of my mind. I read this book at nights after winning big or losing miserably amidst my first Vegas trip and finished the last part in car, first time I've done that to any book. Which goes to show how satisfied I was with the end.

Wakes had Miller. Caliban's war had Avasarala. Abaddon's gate has Anna Volodov. A Christian priest that spoke sense amongst people who would rather see everyone around them die, and kept every grounded when whole world went tatters.

Holden - with his own start a war and help best to stop it!, pulling humanity away from annihilation yet again. Miller in his new avatar - helping Holden while investigating the scenario. Naomi the passionate brilliant tough engineer. Alex being the best at what he does - keep any squabble from eating everyone up.

But my new favorite this time was Amos - the tough guy showed his stable side on conversations with Anna and Clarissa while his toughness never gave way to not killing anyone if he wanted to.

I don't want to spoil the story. But here's the thing. A ring gets formed around Saturn at the end of Caliban's war. Formed from the raw materials in Venus mined by the alien proto-molecule we were introduced in the blockbuster that is Leviathan wakes. Collection of flotilla and Behemoth the big ship go to investigate it. What happens when they make contact and how it all ends is the story.

I can't write in English of how exactly I feel now. If I meet Daniel Abraham or Ty Franck - the two heads of James SA Corey, the first request would be - I need at least 50 books in this universe. Better get to making it happen.

Lizzie Crowdagger

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April 17, 2017