Abaddons gate

Will update later with review. This book send to focus more on creating some interesting characters. We have stepped aside from the main cast and instead have focused more on a Russian priest, a old security officer doing what needs doing, and a daughter seeking revenge. They are all driven. Driven past the point of no return but each follows their own path, their own way of reaching their goals. It has been interesting to take more of a step back from the crew of the Rocinante and see how the rest of the world (sorry belters and dusters) tests to the events.

Finished. Another crazy story in the world of the expanse. Here, we have thousands of people launching themselves at a gate made by something they don't understand that goes thru don't know where. Doors and corners. Doors and corners. The ominous warming from what appears to be a disjointed ghost sets the tone for this book. Charging through what we believe to be our path, our destiny, has a funny of blindsiding us before we even make it through the gate. This whole book was about what comes next. What comes after decisions are made and hope we react to them. Anna, the Russian priest who believes the gate will unite everyone only to get caught up in civil war. Clarissa, the woman so bent on revenge she reinvents herself entirely to kill someone only to join him and Bull, the man knowing what needed doing no matter the cost. All of them crashed through the gate expecting the dominoes to fall a particular way only to find themselves underneath them.

Shitty breakdown aside, this one was much more violent with more action than the last. Technically it's odd that the crew of the Rocinante is always front and center but it is their story after all. It's also interesting the way the universe has opened up. With the gates open, who knows where the other books will go. I think I'm halfway done with the series and the stakes keep getting higher