Our beloved crew on board the Rocinante is still going strong, but rather than being the young(ish), brash group we’ve come to know, they’re all middle-aged (and then some). Persepolis Rising opens almost 30 years after the events of Babylon’s Ashes - and boy, is it disconcerting. And all of our heroes are well and happy! It’s certainly tempting to stop right there…īut I just had to see what the authors had in store for us next. A vast war has come to an end, and there’s new hope for peaceful and productive coexistence, with new governing and coordination structures in place to bring the various factions together. The sixth book, Babylon’s Ashes, leaves off at a satisfying stopping point (which may be why the TV show ends the story there).
Seven books in, this series continues to take my breath away!
A price that will change the shape of humanity - and of the Rocinante - unexpectedly and forever… But human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have their own price. New technologies clash with old as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient patterns of war and subjugation. On the lost colony world of Laconia, a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity and the power to enforce it. 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. 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 thousand-sun network of humanity’s expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way.
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