Cibola Burn

Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey is the fourth installment in the Expanse series, published by Orbit on June 17, 2014. This edition spans 592 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows the crew of the Rocinante as they navigate the challenges of colonizing new planets, where the rush for settlement threatens to spiral into chaos and conflict.
Readers will encounter a gripping tale set on Ilus, the first human colony in this new frontier, where settlers face off against a corporate colony ship. The story unfolds amidst violence and desperation, as innocent scientists are caught in the turmoil. James Holden and his crew are dispatched to restore order, but they soon realize that their mission may be doomed from the start. The backdrop of hard science fiction and space opera elements enriches the exploration of human ambition and the consequences of expansion into uncharted territories.
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The fourth book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Cibola Burn sees the crew of the Rocinante on a new frontier, as the rush to colonize the new planets threatens to outrun law and order and give way to war and chaos. Now a Prime Original series.
Enter a new frontier.
“An empty apartment, a missing family, that’s creepy. But this is like finding a military base with no one on it. Fighters and tanks idling on the runway with no drivers. This is bad juju. Something wrong happened here. What you should do is tell everyone to leave.”
The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity’s home planets. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire.
Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth.
James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail.
And the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilization that once stood on this land is gone. And that something killed it.
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