Abaddon's Gate

, #3

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Paperback, 566 pages

English language

Published June 2013 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-316-12907-7
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OCLC Number:
968177159
ISFDB ID:
1533869

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4 stars (3 reviews)

For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark.

Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.

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3 stars

Seemed to be more of a filler than anything. The usual characters are mostly absent, but powerful religious people appear instead.
Venus produces a device which it sends to the Outer Solar System that creates wormholes to other devices in other solar systems. Venus also appoints Miller to investigate why the aliens that created it have not been in contact.
Another member of the Mao family tries to regain honour for the family.

In places, this book reminded me of the less-interesting parts of the Family D'Alembert series by EE Doc Smith.

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4 stars

Subjects

  • Space warfare
  • Life on other planets
  • Conspiracies
  • Fiction
  • Fiction, science fiction, general

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