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Cibola Burn
Orbit: Hachette. (Expanse, Bk. 4). Jun. 2014. 592p. ISBN 9780316217620. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780316217606. SF
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After the events of 2013's Abaddon's Gate, humanity has access to thousands of worlds outside our solar system, but that doesn't mean that the conflict between inner and outer worlders has ceased. On the lithium-rich planet of Ilus, a settlement established by a renegade ship of Belters puts them in direct opposition with an Earth-based corporation that was granted rights to the planet by the United Nations. The tension between the two groups has grown violent, and the UN sends James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante to mediate the dispute. But the two groups will have bigger problems to face when a disease strikes settlers and company workers alike; in addition, the planetary activities seem to have awoken remnants of the protomolecule left behind on Ilus.
VERDICT Combining an exploration of real human frailties with big sf ideas and exciting thriller action, Corey (pen name for authors Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham) cements the series as must-read space opera.
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