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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