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James S. A. Corey’s Expanse series has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 23 languages, establishing itself as a modern masterwork of science fiction. Now, the Hugo Award–winning author returns with the second volume in their New York Times...

From the Hugo Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse, James S. A. Corey, comes the start of a monumental new space opera series. HOW HUMANITY CAME TO THE PLANET CALLED ANJIIN IS LOST IN THE FOG OF HISTORY, BUT THAT HISTORY IS ABOUT TO END. The Carryx—part empire...

Sevastien one zero two four, S line third modification, has survived the destruction of his own ship and an enemy station. But he was rescued by the wrong side -- by Nalyn Ila, captain of the Elysian destroyer Invictus. Now he's facing a difficult problem: How to persuade Captain Ila and her people that he is not an enemy combatant. That if there was an act of war, it was committed by her people, not his own. Sevastien is almost certain he was an innocent bystander of disaster ... unless his own people set him up, aiming to get him aboard Invictus for reasons he can't yet understand.

The first novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's epic Captive's War series. Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is the Livesuit forces. Soldiers meld their bodies to the bleeding edge technology, becoming...

Bruton. Prince of the Aurelian Empire, eight-foot tall of brutal, muscled strength, flanked by the alien warriors of his triad. He is no royal. He is a savage, a colossal warlord who commands through pure violence. And my fate is in his hands. He believes I hold the keys to victory. His triad storms into my research station drenched in blood and sweat to judge my life’s work. And when my creations go haywire and nearly kill us all, the threat to the Prince must be answered.

Durante siglos, los Carryx han destruido o esclavizado en toda la galaxia. Pero ahora se enfrentan a un enemigo inmortal, y la clave para su supervivencia está en manos de los humanos del planeta Anjiin. Las naves Carryx descienden y se llevan a los mejores humanos; entre ellos, a Dafyd Alkhor—asistente de un brillante científico. Todos son abandonados en una lucha contra otras especies con la extinción como precio del fracaso. Solo Dafyd y algunos compañeros comprenden que para sobrevivir deberán comprender (y manipular) a los propios Carryx.

Die Zukunft: Die Menschen sind in den Weltraum aufgebrochen und haben etliche ferne Planeten besiedelt. Da tauchen eines Tages wie aus dem Nichts außerirdische Raumschiffe auf und fallen mit brutaler Gewalt über die Menschheit her. Die wenigen Überlebenden werden auf die Heimatwelt der Aliens gebracht.

Das neue große SF-Epos des Autorenduos von The Expanse. Als sein Planet von den unbarmherzigen Carryx erobert wird, kann ein junger Mann als Sklave dieser Alien-Schwarmintelligenz überleben. Was das bedeutet, erfährt er bald am eigenen Leib: Jedes Wesen dieser Zivilisation wird körperlich umgestaltet, um den Zwecken dieser kriegsverherrlichenden Spezies zu dienen. Als er erfährt, dass der eigentliche Angstgegner der Carryx eine geheimnisvolle außerirdische Macht ist, schwört er Rache. Sein Ziel: die Carryx für immer auslöschen. Doch inzwischen ist er selbst zu einem von ihnen geworden.