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Leviathan Wakes: The Expanse Book 1 (eBook)

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Various Retailers have Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1, eBook) by James S. A. Corey on sale for $2.99.

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  • Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.
  • Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.
  • Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.
  • Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.

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Various Retailers have Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1, eBook) by James S. A. Corey on sale for $2.99.

Thanks to Community Member phoinix for finding this deal.

Available:About this book:
  • Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.
  • Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.
  • Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.
  • Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.

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xilluzionx
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My absolute favorite book series. Over the course of the nine books, the authors do such an amazing job establishing an alternate world where we have a presence in space. Generally, everything that happens and plays out is grounded in reality, backed by science, or fits the narrative of the politics taking place at the time. I highly recommend this (and the audiobooks) to any scifi person.
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Excellent series the closest thing to Games of Thrones but in space.

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My absolute favorite book series. Over the course of the nine books, the authors do such an amazing job establishing an alternate world where we have a presence in space. Generally, everything that happens and plays out is grounded in reality, backed by science, or fits the narrative of the politics taking place at the time. I highly recommend this (and the audiobooks) to any scifi person.
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maximum360Jul 06, 2023 02:56 PM
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Excellent series the closest thing to Games of Thrones but in space.
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downwithcvilleJul 06, 2023 03:08 PM
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One of my favorite series. Each book seemed like a different genre of storytelling. This one like true crime noir. Not my favorite book in the series but a definite must.
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I'm rewatching the series on Prime right now. It's better than anything else on tv even though I've seen it once already. I have not read the books but intend to. It's been interesting rewatching it, as I didn't realize how much I missed the first time around.
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briansnicknameJul 06, 2023 07:54 PM
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Quote from Frankie251 :
I'm rewatching the series on Prime right now. It's better than anything else on tv even though I've seen it once already. I have not read the books but intend to. It's been interesting rewatching it, as I didn't realize how much I missed the first time around.
I watched the series on Prime first, and then read the books. Well, I stopped after 1.5 books because I was kinda bored - I knew everything that was going to happen. Usually there is so much more detail and backstory, etc. in the book a show is based on that reading it is a fun and different experience than watching. But here, the show runners seemed to use the books as a script - it was all there with very little changed or left out.

None of this is a complaint. I loved the "TV" series and seeing the universe the author created (that felt like it could be the near future a lot of the time). I guess I'm just disappointed that I didn't start with the books. Then I could have loved the stories and worldbuilding in the books and been dazzled by the TV show bringing the books to life.
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Frankie251Jul 06, 2023 10:25 PM
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Quote from briansnickname :
I watched the series on Prime first, and then read the books. Well, I stopped after 1.5 books because I was kinda bored - I knew everything that was going to happen. Usually there is so much more detail and backstory, etc. in the book a show is based on that reading it is a fun and different experience than watching. But here, the show runners seemed to use the books as a script - it was all there with very little changed or left out.

None of this is a complaint. I loved the "TV" series and seeing the universe the author created (that felt like it could be the near future a lot of the time). I guess I'm just disappointed that I didn't start with the books. Then I could have loved the stories and worldbuilding in the books and been dazzled by the TV show bringing the books to life.
That's probably what made the tv series so good — they followed the books, which almost never happens. Usually Hollywood thinks they know better and only very loosely follows the book.
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KnightshadeJul 06, 2023 10:39 PM
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Quote from briansnickname :
I watched the series on Prime first, and then read the books. Well, I stopped after 1.5 books because I was kinda bored - I knew everything that was going to happen. Usually there is so much more detail and backstory, etc. in the book a show is based on that reading it is a fun and different experience than watching. But here, the show runners seemed to use the books as a script - it was all there with very little changed or left out.

None of this is a complaint. I loved the "TV" series and seeing the universe the author created (that felt like it could be the near future a lot of the time). I guess I'm just disappointed that I didn't start with the books. Then I could have loved the stories and worldbuilding in the books and been dazzled by the TV show bringing the books to life.

FWIW there ARE more background (and story) differences in the later books...as the show went on it began pruning characters out from the books (or combining several into one for expediency and cost)... plus there's short stories and novellas in between the books that fill more stuff in.

And most importantly- there's 3 entire books (and several novellas) set beyond the finale of the TV series.

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garylapointeJul 06, 2023 11:21 PM
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As this is on sale ALL THE TIME, I'm not sure what makes it such a Front Page SlickDeal?
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Quote from Frankie251 :
I'm rewatching the series on Prime right now. It's better than anything else on tv even though I've seen it once already. I have not read the books but intend to. It's been interesting rewatching it, as I didn't realize how much I missed the first time around.
It's really good, but I have to say that it took me 4 or 5 episodes to get into it.

I started it a few times but never made it past 2 or 3. Finally someone said I had to watch a few more and I was hooked!
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JJoyeJul 06, 2023 11:24 PM
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I guess I need to read these since they're never going to finish the show
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thchanJul 06, 2023 11:38 PM
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when will the rest of the series be on sale? ;-)
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garylapointeJul 06, 2023 11:49 PM
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Quote from JJoye :
I guess I need to read these since they're never going to finish the show
I thought they finished the story with those characters?

IIRC (from the internet, not from reading), the next book was '50 years later' or something like that.

EDIT: Looking around via Google, I can find nothing to confirm nor deny the above premise.
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consumeralertJul 06, 2023 11:51 PM
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Quote from Frankie251 :
I'm rewatching the series on Prime right now. It's better than anything else on tv even though I've seen it once already. I have not read the books but intend to. It's been interesting rewatching it, as I didn't realize how much I missed the first time around.
The first season was also made by SYFI channel or whatever it is. Then they cancelled it (budgeting, I think) and Amazon picked it up for the remainder of the series.

Like another comment, the series does condense the story and pacing and wrapped up the show fairly quickly. It easily could have had 2-3 more seasons based on all the content left out.

I've not read them all; but I followed along and the comments from others would fill in additional details. Lots of, wish they would haves about missing stuff from certain scenes in each episode or season.
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Quote from garylapointe :
As this is on sale ALL THE TIME, I'm not sure what makes it such a Front Page SlickDeal?
Because I happen to have credits to use now, just started a 10-day vacation at my cabin, and after watching the series 3 times, this was perfect timing to start reading the books. Slickdeals knew all of this and serendipitously made it FP for me. Wink

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Quote from garylapointe :
I thought they finished the story with those characters?

IIRC (from the internet, not from reading), the next book was '50 years later' or something like that.

EDIT: Looking around via Google, I can find nothing to confirm nor deny the above premise.

Most definitely not.

The last 3 books (not 1) are a couple decades later, but not 50 years, and largely follow the same main characters (and many of the same secondary ones)


Quote from consumeralert :
The first season was also made by SYFI channel or whatever it is. Then they cancelled it (budgeting, I think) and Amazon picked it up for the remainder of the series.

The majority of the whole series was done with Syfy-- 36 episodes over 3 seasons....After 3 seasons Syfy cancelled it and Amazon revived it for 26 more episodes over 3 overall shorter seasons.
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