El despertar de Leviatan / Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)

from rrainer

I wanted to read this book for two reasons: because it's a Hugo nominee for best novel, and I'm reading my way through all the nominees I can, and because it's described as a space opera and I've been desperately craving a good space opera, of the sort I used to read years ago. Unfortunately, it ...

from majkia

Fast plot and intriguing characterization. The future isn't all that terrific as humanity is stuck in our own star system, not having found an FTL solution as yet. A faint SOS beacon brings a response from a passing transport ship, and when its shuttle reaches the disabled ship, the crew watches ...

from Cataloger623

Compelling characters in a hoped to be future in space. not so different than what we have dreamt of. On a macro scale Earth , Mars and the Belt compete economically for dominance. Mean while on a micro scale seemly random events force a an interplanetary war and the discovery of an alien virus s...

from tjsjohanna

This is a sprawling tale of detective work, set out in the solar system. There are competing factions (earth vs Mars, planet dwellers vs those raised in zero gravity). There is strange alien tech that can gobble up a human body relentlessly. But in the end it's the story of a cop doing his last j...

from beentsy

Breakneck pacing, really interesting characters, so much excitement, and a nice tasty moral yet reality based core. Love, love, loved it.