Abaddon's Gate

, #3

Published July 8, 2014 by Little, Brown Book Group.

ISBN:
978-1-84149-993-2
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Review of 'Abaddons Gate\r\n \r\n Expanse' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Abaddon’s Gate est le troisième volume de de la saga de science-fiction The Expanse signée James S.A. Corey, le nom de plume du duo composé des auteurs Daniel Abraham et Ty Franck. A ce jour, il s’agit du dernier roman adapté dans la série TV tirée de cette saga, les trois premières saisons diffusées couvrant globalement les trois premiers romans du cycle.

Le récit reprend là où Caliban’s War, le précédent volume, s’achevait :


For generations, the solar system – Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt – was humanity’s great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark.

Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. …

Review of 'Abaddons Gate\r\n \r\n Expanse' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Book #3 in the series is a mixed bag, but one I enjoyed much more than #2.

The plot starts with standard RPG fare of "arm-wrestle group into going on the mission you want them to", though not done badly at all. The rest of the plot starts out meandering between various other characters who, of course, eventually cross paths - also with the main group of protagonists.

The ending of the second book turns out to be exactly what it seems; a fairly close copy of an artefact from a very successful TV + movie franchise of military scifi that Shall Not Be Named (because, you know, spoilers!). This is confirmed around halfway through the novel, at which point the plot becomes a fairly epic battle between all the various political factions and private interests for control of this artefact.

This conflict was both very fresh for the perspective …

Review of "Abaddon's Gate" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Like the previous volume, I had some reservations after reading the first couple of chapters, but also like the previous volume, they proved to be unfounded. I can't go into too much more detail without getting into spoiler territory, but a plot involving one of the new characters that I feared would be too cliched ended up resolving in ways that I didn't quite expect.

Another good entry to the series.

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