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**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
'THE START OF SOMETHING TRULY EPIC' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga
'DAZZLING . . . THIS IS SPACE OPERA AT ITS BEST' Publishers Weekly

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees…

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3 authors picked The Mercy of Gods as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It gets better after the first half.

James SA Corey is, of course, the author of the hugely successful The Expanse Series, a galaxy spanning space opera of interplanetary war and alien threat that played out over nine books and spawned a TV series and other media. I love The Expanse. I’ve read all the books, listened to the audiobooks twice and consumed the show. So, when The Mercy of Gods was announced as kicking off a spectacular new space opera from the same author, I pre-ordered the title immediately.

But when I started reading it, I realised…

The Expanse is one of my favorite book series. Highly recommended if you like sci-fi. This is the writing team S.A. Corey's new universe. It's far shorter than the typical Expanse book, and it's quite a different setting. I loved how they've weaved the world and plot all together. I'm just frustrated that it will be a year before the next installment (if they go by the pacing of the Expanse).

Corey's good at world building and does a good job of making the aliens alien to our way of thinking

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