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The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels (and related novellas and short stories) by James S. A. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The first novel, Leviathan Wakes, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2012. The complete series was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2017. It later won, following its second nomination for the same award in 2020. The book series is made up of nine novels, nine shorter works and a story collection book. The series was adapted for television by the Syfy Network, also under the title of The Expanse. When Syfy canceled the TV series after three seasons, Amazon acquired it, produced three more seasons, and streams all six seasons on Amazon Prime Video. Series overview Novels Short stories and novellas The book Memory's Legion is a collection of all eight short stories and novellas, except for The Last Flight of the Cassandra (which remains exclusive to the RPG). The collection includes authors' notes, and the final novella The Sins of Our Fathers, which is an epilogue to the series. The series totals 5062 pages across the 9 novels, 467 across the other 9 short stories and novellas, and a total of 5529 pages in its entirety. The audiobook collections are approximately 178 hours, 17 hours, and 195 hours long respectively. Audiobooks All novels and short works except the RPG exclusive short story have been released as audiobooks, with Jefferson Mays as the narrator for the novels and short works that include Drive, The Butcher of Anderson Station, The Vital Abyss, Strange Dogs, Auberon, and The Sins of Our Fathers. Erik Davies was originally the narrator for the novellas The Churn and Gods of Risk; but both have been re-released with Jefferson Mays narrating them as of December 28, 2021. While most of Memory's Legion is narrated by Jefferson Mays, the author's note portions are narrated by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Summary of books The Expanse is set in a future in which humanity has colonized much of the Solar System, but does not have interstellar travel. The G-force exerted during acceleration when travelling across the Solar System is debilitating without the use of special drugs. In the asteroid belt and beyond, tensions are rising between Earth's United Nations, Mars, and the outer planets, often represented by the Outer Planets Alliance. The residents of the outer planets have developed a creole language due to their physical isolation from Earth and Mars, with heavy influences from German and Chinese. The series initially takes place in the Solar System, using many real locations such as Ceres and Eros in the asteroid belt, several moons of Jupiter, with Ganymede and Europa taking center stage in several major plot-points, and small science bases as far out as Phoebe around Saturn and Titania around Uranus, as well as well-established domed and underground settlements on Mars and the Moon, referred to as Luna. The authors have suggested that The Expanse might well take place in the future of Andy Weir's novel The Martian. In support of this, they created a ship named the Mark Watney after the titular Martian. However, Andy Weir has publicly clarified that the reference was solely a fun reference. As the series progresses, humanity gains access to thousands of new worlds by use of the ring network, an artificially sustained Einstein-Rosen bridge or wormhole, created by a long-dead alien civilization. The ring in our solar system is two AU from the orbit of Uranus. Passing through it leads to a hub of starless space approximately one million kilometers across, with more than 1,300 other rings, each with a star system on the other side. In the center of the hub, which is also referred to as the "slow zone" after the second novel, a highly defended alien space station controls the gates and can also set instantaneous speed limits on objects inside the hub as a means of defense. Characters The story is told through the points-of-view of many main characters. There are two POV characters in the first book and four in books two through five. In the sixth and seventh books, the number of POV characters increases, with several characters having only one or two chapters. The eighth book returned to a more limited number with five. In the final ninth book, there is an increase in POVs with some chapters having multiple POV characters. Every book also begins and ends with a prologue and epilogue told from a unique character's perspective, who will occasionally interject in the main body of the novel. Crew of the Rocinante The central characters are the crew of the Rocinante, a salvaged Martian naval gunship. The main crew consists of: James "Jim" R. Holden, the captain of the Rocinante, former UN Navy (UNN) officer; from Earth (an Earther). Naomi Nagata, chief engineer and executive officer; a Belter. Amos Burton, mechanic and general muscle; an Earther with a mysterious past. Alex Kamal, pilot of the Rocinante, former Mars Congressional Republic Navy (MCRN) pilot; a Martian. The Outer Planets Josephus "Joe" Aloisus Miller, a Belter who worked as a detective for the Ceres station security firm, Star Helix Security. Frequently referred to as Detective Miller. Juliette "Julie" Andromeda Mao, the oldest child of Earther plutocrat Jules-Pierre Mao, former pinnace racer and Outer Planets Alliance convert. Frederick "Fred" Lucius Johnson, a former UN marine reviled as the "Butcher of Anderson Station," and now serves as the leader of the Outer Planets Alliance (OPA), a loose network which represents the Belters. Dr. Praxidike "Prax" Meng, the chief botanist of the RMD-Southern soy farm project on Ganymede and father of Mei Meng. Mei Meng, daughter of Prax. Carlos "Bull" de Baca, a member of the OPA serving as chief security officer aboard the Behemoth. Michio Pa, executive officer of the OPA ship Behemoth, later captain of the Free Navy ship Connaught. Basia "Baz" Merton, a welder from Ganymede, later citizen of Ilus. Manéo "Néo" Jung-Espinoza, a young Belter from Ceres Marco Inaros, a commander of Free Navy, a radical OPA branch. Filip Inaros, a teenage member of the OPA, and later Free Navy, and son of Marco Inaros and Naomi Nagata. Camina Drummer, chief of security at Tycho Station, later president of the Transport Union Jakulski, Roberts, Salis & Vandercaust, four techs, working for the Free Navy on Medina Station. Mars Roberta "Bobbie" W. Draper, Martian gunnery sergeant in the MCRN, of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, later UN diplomat. Fayez Okoye-Sarkis, A geologist from Mars who worked on new colony worlds and later married Elvi Okoye. Emil Sauveterre, the captain of the MCRN Barkeith. Solomon Epstein, inventor of the "Epstein-Fusion Drive". He died testing his machine when he went into deep space with no way to get back. Kit Kamal, Son of Alex Kamal from his second marriage. He leaves Mars with his wife and son to the Nieuwestad system. Earth Dmitri Havel.... Discover the James S A Corey Corinna Bechko popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James S A Corey Corinna Bechko books.