Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.
Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.
Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.
Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.
It’s a great book. I really enjoyed the first half of the Expanse (book) series. I’d heartily recommend anything by Ty Frank and James Corey.
I hope you are getting to the second half soon. I really really liked the second half better.
I liked the bit with the protomolecule waaaay more than the human-on-human conflict. I stopped reading halfway through the second last book. ☹️
I think you should push through. Being vague to not give any spoilers but the human to human conflict half way through is the weakest and also the worst part of the show IMO. It picks up way more into the sci-fi realm vs factions slugging it out.
I’m looking for something else to read. Maybe I’ll give it a shot.
Here is another universe wide saga. Hidden empire: the saga of the seven suns
Should be an easy not too deep sci-fi that I personally liked. Best of luck on finding a new series, I am in the same situation.
Thanks, I’ll take a look
