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The Expanse Séries

Ce vaste space opera plonge dans un futur proche où l'humanité a colonisé le système solaire, créant un fragile équilibre politique. Des tensions montent entre la Terre, Mars et les habitants de la ceinture d'astéroïdes, exacerbées par un mystérieux artefact extraterrestre. Le récit suit une distribution variée de personnages dont les vies s'entremêlent alors qu'ils découvrent une conspiration qui menace toute l'humanité. Les lecteurs seront captivés par la construction complexe de son univers, sa représentation réaliste des voyages spatiaux et son intrigue palpitante pleine d'action et de questions profondes sur la place de l'humanité dans le cosmos.

Babylon's Ashes
Les Jeux de Némésis
Cibola Burn
La Porte d'Abaddon
Caliban's War
L'Éveil du Léviathan

Ordre de lecture recommandé

  1. L'Éveil du Léviathan

    • 624pages
    • 22 heures de lecture

    L'Humanité a colonisé le système solaire. Jim Holden est second sur un transport de glace effectuant la navette entre les anneaux de Saturne et les stations installées dans la ceinture d'astéroïdes. Quand il croise la route du Scopuli, un appareil à l’abandon, il se retrouve en possession d’un secret bien encombrant. Un secret pour lequel certains sont prêts à tuer. De son côté, l’inspecteur Miller recherche une jeune femme. Quand l’enquête le mène au Scopuli et à Holden, Miller comprend que cette jeune femme est peut-être la réponse à tout. S’il ne découvre pas rapidement qui a abandonné ce vaisseau, et pourquoi, le conflit latent entre le gouvernement de la Terre et les indépendantistes des planètes extérieures risque de se réveiller.

    L'Éveil du Léviathan1
    4,3

  2. Caliban's War

    The second book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Caliban's War shows a solar system on the brink of war, and the only hope of peace rests on James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante's shoulders. Now a Prime Original series. We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system. In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante have been keeping the peace for the Outer Planets Alliance. When they agree to help a scientist search war-torn Ganymede for a missing child, the future of humanity rests on whether a single ship can prevent an alien invasion that may have already begun . . . Caliban's War is a breakneck science fiction adventure following the critically acclaimed Leviathan Wakes. The Expanse Leviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis Rising The Expanse Short Fiction The Butcher of Anderson StationGods of RiskThe ChurnThe Vital AbyssStrange Dogs

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    4,4

  3. La Porte d'Abaddon

    Depuis des générations, le système solaire était la grande frontière de l'humanité. Jusqu'à maintenant. Un objet non identifié est apparu dans l'orbite d'Uranus où il a construit une porte massive qui mène à un hyperespace désolé. Jim Holden et l'équipage du Rossinante font partie d'une vaste flotte de navires scientifiques et militaires chargés d'examiner le phénomène. Mais une intrigue complexe se trame dans leur dos, visant à l'élimination pure et simple de Holden. Les émissaires de la race humaine en sont à devoir décider si la porte est une opportunité ou une menace alors que le plus grand danger est celui qu'ils ont apporté avec eux.

    La Porte d'Abaddon3
    4,2

  4. Cibola Burn

    • 624pages
    • 22 heures de lecture

    You can call me a corporation. You can call me a government. I'm the guy here with the most guns, and I say this planet is mine. Now, Captain Holden, was there something you wanted to add? The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly controlled flood. Among them, the Rocinante, haunted by the vast, posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the protomolecule. But Holden and his crew must also contend with the growing tensions between the settlers and the company which owns the official claim to the planet. Both sides will stop at nothing to defend what's theirs, but soon a terrible disease strikes and only Holden - with help from the ghostly Detective Miller - can find the cure.

    Cibola Burn4
    4,3

  5. Les Jeux de Némésis

    • 704pages
    • 25 heures de lecture

    Depuis qu’elle a découvert des milliers de nouvelles planètes, l’humanité s’est lancée dans la plus grande ruée vers les terres de son histoire. Des vaisseaux colons disparaissent mystérieusement sans laisser la moindre trace. Des armées privées se forment en secret. Le dernier échantillon existant de la protomolécule est volé. Des attaques terroristes inimaginables auparavant mettent à genoux les planètes intérieures. Au milieu de ce chaos, tandis qu’un nouvel ordre humain tente de se faire jour dans le sang et les larmes, les membres de l’équipage du Rossinante se séparent. Il est temps pour chacun d’eux d’affronter son passé. Véritable charnière de la série The Expanse, Les Jeux de Némésis constitue le pivot passionnant d’un cycle romanesque qui ne cesse de prendre de l’ampleur.

    Les Jeux de Némésis5
    4,5

  6. Babylon's Ashes

    A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network. But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun. As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens. Pirate fleets, mutiny and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante's problems. And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than just humanity.

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    4,2

  7. Persepolis Rising : Book 7 of the Expanse

    NOW A MAJOR TV SHOW ON NETFLIX, this seventh installment in the bestselling Expanse series explores humanity's expansion into new colony worlds, where each planet teeters between collapse and wonder. The aging gunship Rocinante's crew is tasked with maintaining fragile peace amid a tenuous alliance between the inner planets and the Belt, both haunted by a history of conflict. On the lost colony of Laconia, a hidden enemy emerges with a radical vision for humanity, backed by the power to enforce it. As new technologies clash with age-old conflicts, the cycle of war and subjugation resurfaces. Yet, human nature isn't the only adversary; the unleashed forces come with their own costs, reshaping humanity—and the Rocinante—forever. The Expanse series has sold over two million copies worldwide and has been praised for its compelling characters, sharp dialogue, and thrilling action. It has been described as the science fiction equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire and offers high adventure that stands among the best in space opera. With its cutting-edge technology and unforgettable characters, this series has garnered acclaim from various reputable sources, establishing itself as a significant contribution to the genre.

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  8. Tiamat's wrath

    Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed, and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay. At the heart of the empire, Teresa Duarte prepares to take on the burden of her father's godlike ambition. The sociopathic scientist Paolo Cortazar and the Mephistophelian prisoner James Holden are only two of the dangers in a palace thick with intrigue, but Teresa has a mind of her own and secrets even her father the emperor doesn't guess. And throughout the wide human empire, the scattered crew of the Rocinante fights a brave rear-guard action against Duarte's authoritarian regime. Memory of the old order falls away, and a future under Laconia's eternal rule - and with it, a battle that humanity can only lose - seems more and more certain. Because against the terrors that lie between worlds, courage and ambition will not be enough...

    Tiamat's wrath8
    4,6

  9. Leviathan Falls

    The ninth and final novel in James S. A. Corey's Hugo Award-winning series brings the decade's biggest SF saga to a stunning conclusion. With the fall of the Laconian Empire, thirteen hundred solar systems are liberated from Winston Duarte's rule. However, an ancient enemy, responsible for the demise of the gate builders, has awakened, reigniting the war against humanity. In the desolate Adro system, Elvi Okoye leads a critical scientific mission to uncover the truth about the gate builders and their destruction, risking her own safety and that of the half-alien children involved in her research. Meanwhile, Colonel Aliana Tanaka searches for Duarte's missing daughter and the shattered emperor. On the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew strive to forge a new future for humanity from the remnants of the past. As formidable forces threaten to obliterate all human life, Holden and his unlikely allies uncover a final chance to unite humanity, promising a vast galactic civilization free from conflict, lies, and secrets—if they succeed. Yet, the cost of victory may be more devastating than defeat. This thrilling conclusion is a deeply satisfying end to a remarkable space opera series, praised for its compelling characters, engaging dialogue, and high-stakes adventure.

    Leviathan Falls9
    4,5

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    Zástup vzpomínek : příběhy ze světa Expanze
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    The Expanse 1-3
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