Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey

Caliban's War (Expanse, #2)

by James S. A. Corey

For someone who didn't intend to wreck the solar system's fragile balance of power, Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it. While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new—possibly temporary—autonomy. Then, on one of Jupiter's moons, a single super-soldier attacks, slaughtering soldiers of Earth and Mars indiscriminately and reigniting the war. The race is on to discover whether this is the vanguard of an alien army, or if the danger lies closer to home.

Reviewed by empressbrooke on

4 of 5 stars

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I am loving the crap out of this series. This one didn't have quite the perfect pacing as [b:Leviathan Wakes|8855321|Leviathan Wakes (Expanse, #1)|James S.A. Corey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1411013134s/8855321.jpg|13730452] did, which dropped the enjoyment level little. It spun its wheels a bit and the plot wasn't quite as strong. However, they spread the chapters across 4 POVs this time, including two woman. In a pleasantly surprising choice, one of the women is a grey-haired Indian grandmother who is also a powerful politician who cusses a lot. Her feisty language has some cleverness to it that actually had me laughing out loud a half dozen times.

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