James S. A. Corey Knihy

Druhý diel epickej série Expanzia od Jamesa S. A. Coreyho prináša ešte viac napätia, konfliktov a odhalených tajomstiev. Nie sme sami. Na Ganymede, obilnici vonkajších planét, sleduje marťanská rotmajsterka, ako jej čatu masakruje obludný supervojak. Na Zemi sa vplyvná politička snaží zabrániť ďalšej medziplanetárnej vojne. A Venušu ovládla mimozemská protomolekula, ktorá už spôsobila rozsiahle záhadné zmeny, a hrozí, že sa rozšíri do celej slnečnej sústavy. V rozľahlej vesmírnej pustatine James Holden a posádka jeho lode Rocinante udržiavajú mier v službách Aliancie vonkajších planét. Ujmú sa pátrania po dieťati, ktoré zmizlo na Ganymede zničenom vojnou. Ešte však netušia, že budúcnosť ľudstva závisí od toho, či jediná loď dokáže zabrániť mimozemskej invázii, ktorá sa už možno začala...

Vitajte v budúcnosti! Prvý diel série Expanzia Jim Holden velí lodi, ktorá ťaží ľad v prstencoch Saturnu a rozváža ho k staniciam v Páse asteroidov. Spolu s posádkou narazí na opustenú loď Scopuli, kde mu do rúk padne tajomstvo, o aké nestál. Tajomstvo, pre ktoré je niekto ochotný zabíjať. Detektív Miller hľadá medzi miliardami ľudí jedno dievča, ktoré má šťastie, že jeho rodičia sú dosť bohatí, aby si pátranie mohli dovoliť. Stopa ho zavedie k Scopuli a Jimovi Holdenovi, a on si postupne uvedomí, že dievčina môže byť kľúčom k všetkému.

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...

The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte's missing daughter. . . and the shattered emperor himself. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before. As nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win

A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land-rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price. And as a new human order is struggling to be born in blood and fire, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante must struggle to survive and get back to the only home they have left.

The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series. 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 Abyss

Na Marsu experimentuje vědec s novým typem motoru, který jednoho dne umožní lidstvu cestovat ke hvězdám. Skupina trestanců na vězeňské stanici vyhloubené v nitru asteroidu nemá ani ponětí, jaká katastrofa se na všechny valí. Šéf podsvětí se připravuje opustit rodnou planetu sužovanou přelidněním, znečištěním a chudobou. Rodina bojuje s protivenstvím na kolonizovaném cizím světě, kde nalezla nový domov. To vše, a mnohé další, najdete v této neobyčejné povídkové sbírce.

In the fourth installment of the bestselling Expanse series, the crew of the Rocinante faces a new frontier as the rush to colonize new planets spirals into chaos and potential conflict. The gates to a thousand worlds have opened, and settlers eager for new beginnings flood out from humanity's home planets. However, the first human colony on this frontier, Ilus, is born amidst violence and turmoil. Independent settlers clash with a powerful corporate colony ship, relying solely on their determination and skills honed during past wars. As innocent scientists are killed while surveying this alien world, the struggle on Ilus threatens to reverberate back to Earth. James Holden and his crew are dispatched to restore peace amid the chaos, but Holden suspects their mission is destined to fail. He is haunted by the memory of a dead man, reminding him of the once-great galactic civilization that existed on this land and the mysterious forces that led to its demise. The narrative explores themes of survival, conflict, and the dark legacy of colonization as the characters navigate a treacherous landscape filled with uncertainty and danger.

For generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.

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.