Engagement:
Genre:
Science Fiction
Published:
2012
Page Count:
595
Where to Buy:
Caliban's War
The Expanse
#
2
Content Ratings
Moderate Themes
The novel explores the use of children in weapons development, the willingness of governments to sacrifice populations for military advantage, and the difficulty of maintaining ethical lines in existential conflict.
High Violence
Combat sequences involving super-soldiers, space battles, and the protomolecule hybrid's attacks are depicted with visceral force; civilian deaths including a child's endangerment drive emotional tension.
Synopsis
As the protomolecule crisis deepens and a new, more powerful hybrid creature emerges on Ganymede, Holden and his crew are drawn into a political and military confrontation that spans the solar system, joined by a Martian marine and a UN politician fighting to find a missing child. The second Expanse novel expands the cast and stakes while deepening the series' political complexity. Propulsive, emotionally grounded, and structurally tighter than its predecessor.