Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

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James S.A. Corey: Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) (2017, Orbit)

560 pages

English language

Published July 8, 2017 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-316-33282-8
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3 stars (1 review)

In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace.

In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices. On the lost colony world of Laconia, a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity and the power to enforce it.

New technologies clash with old as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient patterns of war and subjugation. But human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have their own price. A price that will change the shape of humanity -- and of the Rocinante …

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Going through the motions

3 stars

I've harbored a feeling for a while that the pithy dialogue in these books could easily become smarmy. It smacks of the linear descent in Aaron Sorkin's writing from A Few Good Men, one of the greatest movies ever made, to The Newsroom, which is a festering turd of a TV series. It hasn't gotten that bad with this series but the writers better get their act together in the next novel.

For the first time in this book series it felt I was being primed for a sequel at the cost of the current storyline. And that feels a bit exploitative.

Ah well, the need for closure in fictional universes is one of my addictions so I'll shove on hoping that the next one is worth it.