Prior to getting into this book, I should point out that this is a review of the fifth book in an ongoing series called The Expanse. I’ll just summarize for you by saying t’s an awesome, space opera series that I’d recommend to anyone. I will try not to spoil anything from this or previous books, but I’m only human, sasa ke?  While the predecessor to this book, Cibola Burn, was dark, this book is really dark. A problem with an ongoing series is that you get the feeling that your main characters are going to make it through (unless it’s […]

It’s nearly impossible to discuss the novella without spoilers for the series but I will try. The Expanse series is one that I recommend to nearly everyone who enjoys really good sci-fi.  There are currently seven novels, six novellas, and two seasons of a tv show on SyFy; season three starts soon. The series takes place a few hundred years in the future wherein humanity lives all across the solar system.  Humans developed the means to travel quickly but not light speed, as in much of sci-fi.  I found that each novel took on a secondary theme.  The first of […]

Book four of the sci-fi series The Expanse, Cibola Burn, is my least-favorite book in the series thus far. While I read the previous three books in a matter of days, this one took me several weeks to finish. Book three also took some time to get going, but ended up being fantastic. I mentioned in a previous review of this series that it seems like each book takes on the flavor of a different genre. Book one was a mystery, book two was a political thriller, and book three was an action movie. Book four is a western. Holden & Co. […]