#POV CHARACTERS IN THE EXPANSE BOOKS SERIES#

This is a good point in the review to stop and warn you. It was a little weird shifting narrative mediums, but once I got used to it “Abaddon’s Gate” proved to be just as a fun and a fulfilling read as the other books in the series.

#POV CHARACTERS IN THE EXPANSE BOOKS SERIES#

I was able to listen to the first two books in the series: “Leviathan Wakes,” and “Caliban’s War” via audio books from my local library, but my library didn’t have the third book in the series “Abaddon’s Gate” available via audio. Against that back drop a series of exciting and fun narratives that involves high adventures and almost “X-Files” style conspiracy/mystery unfold. Corporations along with the governments of Earth and Mars are the predominant forces within the solar system while the impoverished asteroid colonies and further out planets look to aid from a burgeoning almost revolutionary style group called the Outer Planets Alliance. Things are better in some ways, but humanity still suffers from many of the same problems like greed and tribalism. They take place in this great “lived in” style future reminiscent of television shows like “Firefly” or the new “Battlestar Galactica” where humanity has colonized the solar system. I’m glad I tried them because they’re living up to the hype surrounding them.

One such series was the acclaimed “Expanse” novels by the two writers who use the collective pen name of James S.A. A lot of what I’ve been listening to are books that I always thought looked great, but never got around to for some reason or another. They’ve proven to be a fun and fulfilling way to pass the time while doing an activity I’m not a fan of. I don’t do reviews of them, but late last year I began listening to audio books, while I drive.

Pov characters in the expanse books