Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey

Abaddon's Gate (Expanse, #3)

by James S. A. Corey

NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES

Abaddon's Gate is the third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. 

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. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.

The Expanse series has sold over two million copies worldwide and is now a major television series.

The Expanse series: 
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising

Praise for the Expanse: 

'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books

'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com

'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com

'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal

'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal

'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow

Reviewed by remo on

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Tercera parte de la serie The Expanse, que continúa tras Caliban's War. No hay manera de comentar sin spoilear salvajemente, así que lo meto en corchetes. En esta tercera parte la historia continúa y nuestros héroes viajan al anillo que hay más allá de la órbita de Neptuno para investigar qué ha fabricado la protomolécula. Por supuesto, algo pasa y se meten dentro. En este libro el autor tiene que describir cosas muy difíciles como el encuentro directo con una raza de otro planeta (o sus construcciones, al menos) y hay largas partes de descripción que a veces llegan a cansar. La psicología interna de Melba Koh, además, me pareció frágil y cambiante según las necesidades del guión. Ahora mala, ahora buena, mala one more time y buena para salvar el final del libro.
De los tres es el que menos me ha llamado la atención pero sigue siendo un pedazo de novela.

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