Will I love The Mercy of Gods?

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 this was… show more.

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