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author: Peter J. Tomasi
name: Paz
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/03
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On Mars, a scientist experiments with a new engine that will one day become the drive that fuels humanity's journey into the stars. 

On an asteroid station, a group of prisoners are oblivious to the catastrophe that awaits them. 

On a future Earth beset by overpopulation, pollution, and poverty, a crime boss desperately seeks to find a way off planet.

On an alien world, a human family struggles to establish a colony and make a new home.

All these stories and more are featured in this unmissable collection of short fiction set in the hardscrabble world of The Expanse.


The Expanse Short Fiction
Drive
The Butcher of Anderson Station
The Churn
Gods of Risk
The Vital Abyss
Strange Dogs
Auberon
The Sins of our Fathers
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The Expanse
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising
Tiamat's Wrath
Leviathan Falls]]> 422 James S.A. Corey 0316669199 Paz 0 currently-reading
Rating and a more detailed review incoming.]]> 4.40 2022
author: James S.A. Corey
name: Paz
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at: 2023/10/26
date added: 2025/03/13
shelves: currently-reading
review:
Just finished the last novella, The Sins of Our Fathers, so I'm officially done with The Expanse. I enjoyed all these stories (okay mostly, Gods of Risk is the exception) and I so loooooove a couple of them (Strange Dogs and The Vital Abyss). But overall, I found these novellas and short stories essential reading in The Expanse. This book opens up the world/universe, it gives more depth to so many characters and places. I think Ty and Daniel quickly found their footing when writing shorter stories so whenever it was time to read a new novella before a full novel, it was just such a joy to discover a new piece of the puzzle in this universe. I'm gonna miss all these characters (except for David Draper, worst character in the whole series.)

Rating and a more detailed review incoming.
]]> 62919748 At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.

AUDI. VIDE. TACE.

The Catenan Republic � the Hierarchy � may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.

I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus � what they call Will � to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.

I tell them that I belong, and they believe me.

But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.

And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.

To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.

And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.]]> 630 James Islington 1982141174 Paz 5 currently-reading
First Impressions:
Here's the thing, there are like a thousand things I did not understand. I have a couple of complaints, I hated the romance (though it is a relative minor plot point). I have no idea how the magic system works (I get the basic idea, but apparently there's so much complexity that the main character studies and yet I feel like nothing was explained), the epilogue though expected (a lot of hints were set up before) still left me so confused and I [spoilers removed]. AND YET, I still had the best time reading this book. So much so that I'm already planning a re-read later this year to be ready for book two.

It was just so good, and fresh, and it was not afraid to be violent, sad or unfair. I also really fell for some friendships here, and in between a great plot and pacing full with intrigues, a competition, secrets and survival, there was such a strong work making the characters genuine and distinct and just overall interesting. I truly liked this book, I loved the academy setting, the competition, and all the reveals along the way that disrupt Vis's choices and paths.
It's one of the strongest first entries in a series/trilogy(?), and I can't wait to keep reading and unveil all those mysteries.]]> 4.63 2023
author: James Islington
name: Paz
average rating: 4.63
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/14
date added: 2025/03/08
shelves: currently-reading
review:
4.5 stars

First Impressions:
Here's the thing, there are like a thousand things I did not understand. I have a couple of complaints, I hated the romance (though it is a relative minor plot point). I have no idea how the magic system works (I get the basic idea, but apparently there's so much complexity that the main character studies and yet I feel like nothing was explained), the epilogue though expected (a lot of hints were set up before) still left me so confused and I [spoilers removed]. AND YET, I still had the best time reading this book. So much so that I'm already planning a re-read later this year to be ready for book two.

It was just so good, and fresh, and it was not afraid to be violent, sad or unfair. I also really fell for some friendships here, and in between a great plot and pacing full with intrigues, a competition, secrets and survival, there was such a strong work making the characters genuine and distinct and just overall interesting. I truly liked this book, I loved the academy setting, the competition, and all the reveals along the way that disrupt Vis's choices and paths.
It's one of the strongest first entries in a series/trilogy(?), and I can't wait to keep reading and unveil all those mysteries.
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