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Published July 1, 2012 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
Caliban's War is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It is about a conflict in the Solar System that involves Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt (colonies of people living on asteroids, referred to as "Belters"). It is the second book in The Expanse series and is preceded by Leviathan Wakes. The third book, Abaddon's Gate, was released on June 4, 2013. One of eight short stories and novellas published by James S. A. Corey, entitled "Gods of Risk", takes place directly after the events of Caliban's War.
The series is escalating nicely, and I'm enjoying the intensity of the characters.
The second book in the series extends the world and characters of the first book in the series. In addition to flushing out some of the existing characters, the book introduces several new characters that would have been fun to see in the first novel.
Finally, I am wondering if the meta-themes of from the first book (The role Eros and Venus play in coordination with two of the characters fulfilling their need for a meaningful relationship) are purposefully being drawn through another theme from this book of all the new characters having either androgynous names or having their names be sexually opposing. If this is purposeful, then my regards for the authors is increased even more.
