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Cibola Burn

Book 4 of the Expanse

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Cibola Burn

By: James S. A. Corey
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
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The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonise has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Illus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire.

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. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world.

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. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail.

And the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilisation which once stood on this land is gone. And that something killed them.

Cibola Burn is the exhilarating fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, following the Hugo-nominated Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate. ©2014 Ty Franck Adventure Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera War

Critic Reviews

Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be
As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form
This is the future the way it's supposed to be
Tense and thrilling
Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fight scenes
High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce
All stars
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Loved this book, the further I get into the series the better it gets. 5/5

One of the greatest books of all time.

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Back in the 70's when I was a young man I lived and breathed SF novels. I consumed all that I considered good 'hard science' SF until none was left. At the same time Fantasy writing became the popular genre and SF, the way I liked it, waned. I stopped searching and reading SF and may have missed some good authors over the years but thanks to Netflix and The Expanse series, SF is even better then what it was in my youth. Thank you James S A Corey.

Re-discovered SF

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It takes a little to get into it, but will have you on the edge of your seat!

Loved it!

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Still enjoying the character development and overall plot even if this book did feel a little like a filler at times.

Little slower paced than previous books in the series.

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The Expanse delivers again. Love the villain, love the slow escalation. Love the ending.

The tension!

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