"Caliban's War" by James S. A. Corey

Publisher:New York : Orbit, [2012]
Edition:First edition.
Copyright Date:©2012
ISBN: 9780316129060
Characteristics: 611 pages ;,24 cm

"Caliban's War" is the second book in The Expanse series. It takes place approximately one year after "Leviathan Wakes" which I reviewed a few weeks ago.

During that year the phenomenon on Venus has grown considerably and is under investigation by a number of ships from Mars and Earth. As yet they have not been able to ascertain what it is though.

The characters in this novel are once again very well drawn out and developed. We meet a few new characters, two which stand out are Marine Sergeant Bobbie Draper, the U.N's. Assistant to the Undersecretary of Executive Administration Chrisjen Avasarala, and Botanist Praxidike Meng, amongst others.

The television series in its second season follows the events in this book quite well however there are some differences as to be expected, but for the most part they are very minor. For those of you who have read my column before you know that I tend to dump on Hollywood pretty good, but in this case I am still quite impressed with the job they are doing. Mind you at this point in time it isn't actually Hollywood that's wholly responsible for the series, it is the SyFy Channel, and I'm not certain how they are connected to Hollywood.

I am definitely looking forward to reading the third book in the series, however with the ongoing COVID-19 issues that may have to wait for a while as quite a number of book stores are closed as well as the library system. If however it proves to be as good as the first two books, then it will be well worth the wait.