Tiamat's Wrath

James S. A. Corey

Mar 2019 · The Expanse Book 8 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

The eighth book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Tiamat's Wrath finds the crew of the Rocinante fighting an underground war against a nearly invulnerable authoritarian empire, with James Holden a prisoner of the enemy. Now a Prime Original series. 

HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES

Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper.

In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed, and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay.

At the heart of the empire, Teresa Duarte prepares to take on the burden of her father's godlike ambition. The sociopathic scientist Paolo Cordozar and the Mephistophelian prisoner James Holden are only two of the dangers in a palace thick with intrigue, but Teresa has a mind of her own and secrets even her father the emperor doesn't guess.

And throughout the wide human empire, the scattered crew of the Rocinante fights a brave rear-guard action against Duarte's authoritarian regime. Memory of the old order falls away, and a future under Laconia's eternal rule -- and with it, a battle that humanity can only lose -- seems more and more certain. Because against the terrors that lie between worlds, courage and ambition will not be enough. . .

The Expanse
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising
Tiamat's Wrath
​Leviathan Falls

Memory's Legion

The Expanse Short Fiction
Drive
The Butcher of Anderson Station
Gods of Risk
The Churn
The Vital Abyss
Strange Dogs
Auberon
The Sins of Our Fathers

Ratings and reviews

Tiamat's Wrath may just be the best of the series, and finishing it has left a massive void in my life. What stands out most is character development. We've been with these characters for 7 books, and now that they're older and wizened, they've grown and changed so much. And we get to see even more shifts through the book. At first I hated the Roci crew growing older, but it allows the timeline and scope of the series to widen massively, and we get much more than just a pinhole glance into everyone's lives. It's beautiful. The new POV, Teresa Duarte, is another example of great character development and, at fourteen, is a perfect juxtaposition to our aging protagonists. Corey really raises the stakes in this one. We've far outgrown the dangers of the protomolecule. The TRUE threat is more real than ever, and the way it's implemented is so hair-raising and satisfying. Suspense of a looming threat is what roped me in in Book 1, and it has evolved and continues to sustain my interest.

Horrible ending. Now they will jet around the galaxy with a zombie that didnt complete his mission. If Amos had used the pocket nuke all would have been different. Bobby would not have had to died and Amos would not have had his head blown off. How is it mech droid bots can repair dead life back to normal? The brother and sister in the Pen cage and Amos were all post death mech bots repairs. Why not just let Amos die? Overall I liked the series. But introducing the miracle of the bots at the end just to wrap up a half baked ending was too much.

A flawless conclusion to the most phenomenal sci-fi series ever dreamt. The Expanse is the new benchark for the genre, and honestly, I'm hoping it both continues on with the storyline introduced in the epilogue, and inspires an explosion of creative writing that will follow in its space-rending wake. Truely a priceless masterwork!

About the author

James S. A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. In addition to writing the novels and short stories of The Expanse, they wrote and produced the television series of the same name. Daniel lives with his family in the American southwest. Ty will tell you where he lives when and if he wants you to come over.