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Leviathan Falls

Expanse, Book 9

  • 2021 first published
  • 560 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (34 ratings)
  • 11 editions

James S. A. Corey's Leviathan Falls (2021) is an epic fantasy and adventure fiction novel. It deals with space opera, Action, space travel and alien technology.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 34 ratings, and 60 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Combined Print And E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2021.

At about 560 pages, most readers finish it in 10–11 hours.

About Leviathan Falls

The biggest science fiction series of the decade comes to an incredible conclusion in the ninth and final novel in James S.A. Corey’s Hugo-award winning space opera that inspired the Prime Original series. “An all-time genre classic.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hugo Award Winner for Best Series 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. But the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat.
Description from Open Library

Awards & lists

  • ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Combined Print And E-Book Fiction, 2021
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Hardcover Fiction, 2021

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Subjects

  • Science fiction
  • Space opera
  • Military science fiction
  • Epic fantasy
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Mystery
  • Suspense
  • Space travel
  • Alien technology
  • War
  • Peace
  • Love
  • Loss
  • Sacrifice
  • Redemption

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Leviathan Falls?

Leviathan Falls was written by James S. A. Corey and first published in 2021.

What genre is Leviathan Falls?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy and Adventure.

How long is Leviathan Falls?

The median edition has 560 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Leviathan Falls?

Readers who like it often enjoy Toll the Hounds, Heir of Novron and Devil on Horseback.

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