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Violence
A lot
Space warfare; the protomolecule's violence is disturbing and visceral; deaths of significant characters
Language
Some
Adult language in the space-opera tradition
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some drinking aboard ships
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological weight of discovering humanity is not alone and the universe is more dangerous than imagined
What this book is about
Two storylines converge: Holden, executive officer of the ice freighter Canterbury, responds to a distress call and triggers a catastrophe; and Miller, a burned-out Belter detective, is assigned to find a missing girl named Julie Mao. Their paths lead to the same discovery—something non-human, something old, something that changes the balance of power between Earth, Mars, and the Belt forever. Corey's Expanse series opener combines golden-age SF plotting with contemporary character depth and is the beginning of one of the great science fiction series of the 21st century.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Space combat and protomolecule violence
Disturbing alien threat throughout
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