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And here it was After all the fighting, with human civilization left in chaos just from its presence, the protomolecule had finished the job it came billions of years before to do Would humanity survive it? Would the protorand work?

It wasn’t the ending of one thing that left Holden terrified It was the prospect of so that was utterly outside the human experience Whatever happened next, no one could be prepared for it

It scared the hell out of him

Behind him, a man cleared his throat

Holden turned reluctantly away froalley refrigerator as if he’d always been there, ruht blue firefly flew off his cheek, then hung in the air beside hinat His expression was one of discootta talk”

Acknowledg a book is never as solitary as it seems This book and this series wouldn’t exist without the hard work of Shawna McCarthy and Danny Baror and the support and dedication of DongWon Song, Anne Clarke, Alex Lencicki, the iniratitude goes to Carrie, Kat, and Jayné for feedback and support, and also to the whole Sakeriver gang Much of the cool in the book belongs to the was all us

About the author

James S A Corey is the pen nae R R Martin’s assistant They both live in Albuquerque, New Mexico Find out more about this series at the-expansecom

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BY JAMES S A COREY

The Expanse

Leviathan Wakes

Caliban’s War

Copyright

Published by Hachette Digital

ISBN: 978-0-74812-297-4

All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any rese or dead, is purely coincidental

Copyright © 2012 by Daniel Abrahahts reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any for of the publisher

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Contents

By Jaue: Mei

Chapter One: Bobbie

Chapter Two: Holden

Chapter Three: Prax

Chapter Four: Bobbie

Chapter Five: Avasarala

Chapter Six: Holden

Chapter Seven: Prax

Chapter Eight: Bobbie

Chapter Nine: Avasarala

Chapter Ten: Prax

Chapter Eleven: Holden

Chapter Twelve: Avasarala

Chapter Thirteen: Holden

Chapter Fourteen: Prax

Chapter Fifteen: Bobbie

Chapter Sixteen: Holden

Chapter Seventeen: Prax

Chapter Eighteen: Avasarala

Chapter Nineteen: Holden

Chapter Twenty: Bobbie

Chapter Twenty-One: Prax

Chapter Twenty-Two: Holden

Chapter Twenty-Three: Avasarala