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Nemesis Games

The Expanse, Book 5

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Nemesis Games

By: James S. A. Corey
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
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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.

©2015 Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (P)2015 Hachette Audio
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As usual a great plot and wonderful characters. Great to learn more about the back story of our core team and in such an unusual way. Thank you for bringing back Jefferson Mays as the narrator.

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very good

I liked the continuation of the story. I hope there will be a follow up.

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Good but not my favourite so far in the series

i liked it alot but found the first half lacking compared to others in the series...but it got going and feel this is more a setting things up for the next book. Well read - I find myself talking with Marina valley accent if I'm careful due to binge listening these books

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Fantastic! Get it now, don’t hesitate.

Yet another fabulous audio book, well read, performed and recognisable characters with every inflection of Jefferson’s voice. As for the story; What a ride. This will be my last opportunity to compare backwards from the TV series as season6 is not out yet. When I start the next book, the TV series may lose its lustre a little, but no way I’m gonna wait. Let the Queen of All Churns commence.

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Gripping storyline, fantastic book.

Out of all the books in the series this is the best so far, and out of all the books live listened to this one has been the one I couldn't stop listening to. l listened to it all day, then all evening (whilst dealing with the family) I had an ear bud in and then even when I went to bed I managed to sneak a ear bud in just so I could listen a bit longer, the next day in which I got to the end was the same.

I don't want to give any of the story away but I will say I love the characters in this series, they are well written and very likable. The TV series has a tough job of making a season that follows this storyline as well as it's told in the book. it's just a good job they have great actors and actresses playing the parts.

Highly recommended.

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A return to full form

Been working my way through this expanse series and loving it. I did feel that the last book was a slight dip in quality. Only slightly, but was worried it might be the beginning of a downward trend. Not worried any more! This book is a full return to form, a real cracker. It must be noted that there is a slight forerunner of the narrative path which Niaomi follows in this book, which is the Gap series by Stephen Donaldson (I do SO heartily recommend that series) but that is only one strand of the many different stories which interweave through this. And the end of the book promises more excitement to come. The voice acting is great as ever. Really do give it a listen!

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Superb and thrilling

I have not read any of the other books but have watched all four seasons of The Expanse before realising I could continue following the story through the audiobooks. The narration was very good, very few narrators surpass this by offering a wider variety of voices for the characters but despite the lack of this I found the narration effective at drawing the listener into the story yet without distracting from it at all.
Following the events in book/season four, which I found less captivating than the others, the fifth book offers a thrilling and shocking ride. Old characters are developed further with great depth and we meet some new characters. Humanity faces a great challenge. I cannot wait to listen to book six and learn more about the imaginative ideas of the author on humans, aliens and everything in between.

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an uncanny & visceral pleasure

if you've made it here, to #5 Expanse, you are in for a real treat. [yes the TV series is great] but Here, between the writing & narration, is a real, uncanny & visceral storytelling pleasure. & the epilogue - ahhh...

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brilliant

I loved the TV series so decided to work my way through all the books
they are well written and narrated and an excellent distraction in these troubled times

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One of the best so far

I think the best way to start off with this review is to just say that, without a shadow of a doubt, it was absolutely fantastic and gave me everything I wanted from the series so far in one book.

A lot of readers have been a bit on the fence in reviews I have come across due to the main party being split up in this one and, yes, the sudden splitting does seem a bit shoe-horned, but it works so very well for the overall story.

Until now we had been treated to the adventures of James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante. And, in all fairness we still are. It's just the inflection on the word 'and' needs to change. In Nemesis Games every member of the crew has their own story that they are looking into. Curious about the pasts of Amos, Naomi and Alex? Dive into these pages and find out exactly what you have wanted to know all a long but, until this point has only been touched upon.

My one bit of a negative would be that James Holden doesn't seem overly important, despite the fact he's part of an important part of this novel. It feels like the secondary character/s he is with overshadow him. In all fairness, that could just be because, until now, he has been the face of the Expanse. So perhaps it's just a welcome reprieve of a character that might have started to get a bit stale in the limelight? I'm not saying Jim Holden's fifteen minutes of fame are up (far from it) just that it was nice to see him take a step back and give others a chance to get some impressive page time.

My favourite character, Amos, has an incredibly enjoyable (to me anyway) backstory and, in Nemesis Games, we get to see him deal not only with it, but with the fall out of it in the present day. The same could be said for Alex and Naomi, both of whom come out of this as different people to whom they went in.

Characters that I have loved but, sadly to this point, have been woefully absent in most of the series, make a come back in this one and take more of a starring role. Perhaps I enjoyed it more because characters like Bobbie and Avasarala were back? Who knows? 

As you can probably tell from the review so far, I didn't encounter a whole lot of negatives about Nemesis Games. To me, this was a breath of fresh air into a series that, until this book, had been using pretty much a repetitive plot formula (not that it was a bad one as this has and still is one of my favourite series).

As ever, I look forward to jumping into the next instalment. The only negative to that being that, with every book I finish, I get one step closer to there being no more Expanse.

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