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Babylon's Ashes

Book Six of the Expanse

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Babylon's Ashes

By: James S. A. Corey
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
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A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood.

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.

The colony ships heading for the 1,000 new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone.

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. But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun.

As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens. Pirate fleets, mutiny and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante's problems. 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.

©2016 James S. A. Corey (P)2016 Little Brown Book Group Adventure Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Scary
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Have been a fan of the series and the narrator for a while but this is some of their best work.
Cleverly written and wonderfully performed

Might be the best so far.

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The book was excellent and the narrator was wonderful at expressing the differences and depths of all the characters. A fantastic listen.

Great read

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back to his excellence in sci fi. looking forward to his next novel. also excellent narrator.

excellent

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Writing was good, performance great as always, love the expanse series. If you like the ones before you’ll like this one too

Great as always

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I’ve really enjoyed this series and plan to keep reading, but this one was a bit painful. It hovers between the politics of war and sci-fi without really being good at either, similar to the way “Abbadon’s Gate” did with religious views. It adds to the story/backstory but not in a way that justifies such detail

Good but very slow

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Was a little slower and seemed to lose its way a bit. Jefferson Mays always gives a great performance, and if you're at this point in the series you aren't reading the reviews!

Bit slower than the previous titles but still good

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Continuing a great story, going to be difficult to fill the void until book 6 is released

Love it

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Another great book in this series, still going strong, you wont be dissapointed, beautiful use of deep characters in enormous situations, great wording and a few twists you dont see coming :)

wow! as always with this series, wonderful writing

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I couldn't ask for anything more, this book is a fantastic continuation of the series and stays true to the Expanse style, narration is excellent as always.

Fantastic continuation of a fantastic series.

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The first few books of this series were awesome. Alien technology, wormholes, foreign worlds. Then in this book especially it’s all turned so insular, focussed on human infighting than the wealth of cool stories that lie beyond the horizon. Please, let the next book go back to the unknown again. It’s called the ‘expanse’ series after all.

Oh man, enough with the fighting

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