This isn’t much of a review I’m afraid – not that there’s
anything much wrong with the book, its just that this is book number 6 in a 9-book
saga and it makes no sense for anyone to suddenly jump on board with this
volume. “Babylon’s Ashes” is really the second part of a third act in the
overall storyline, one that started with the previous book “Nemesis Games”.
Having dealt with the alien proto-molecule and after a brief sojourn on a new
world, humanity’s factions are back trying to kill each other and take control.
All the fan favourite characters are back (apart from ‘Miller’
who I missed) and the usual Expanse structure of alternating chapters from
different viewpoints carries on, although there seems to be slightly more
viewpoint characters this time out. The action when it comes is still
spectacular but there’s also an awful lot of internal monologuing and
reflection in the quiet sections between set pieces.
Probably not the best in the series so far but does an
admirable job of keeping things chugging along.
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