![]() And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than just humanity. Pirate fleets, mutiny and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante's problems. As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens. But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. 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. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Private armies are being secretly formed. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail.Ī thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land-rush in human history has begun. James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the heart of chaos. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Illus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. ![]() The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonise has begun. 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. ![]() But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. The race is on to discover whether this is the vanguard of an alien army, or if the danger lies closer to home.įor generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Then, on one of Jupiter's moons, a single super-soldier attacks, slaughtering soldiers of Earth and Mars indiscriminately and reigniting the war. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy. While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and Holden, they both realise this girl may hold the key to everything. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money - and money talks. War is coming to the system, unless Jim can find out who abandoned the ship and why. A secret that someone is willing to kill for, and on an unimaginable scale. When he and his crew discover a derelict ship called the Scopuli, they suddenly find themselves in possession of a deadly secret. Jim Holden is an officer on an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. Humanity has colonised the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach.
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