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Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Addictive addition to an addictive series.

Third Book in The Expanse Series. I just love this series and find the books nearly unputdownable.

James Holden, the guy who always seems to find himself in the middle of a major mess, mostly not of his own accord, is such a great character. He's far from perfect, and knows it. He doesn't see himself a a mover and a shaker, more a poor guy who keeps stepping into it, and can't quite understand why that is. At the same time, when he finds himself faced with unbelievable odds or incredible aliens, for that matter, tries his hardest to do what he thinks is right, regardless of whether anyone else sees things his way. He just hopes his crew, at least, will come around to his way of thinking.

This time round, Holden is determined to avoid the mysterious object deep in space that has Mars, Earth and the Belters scrambling to reach it and control it. He wants nothing whatever to do with it. But then he finds himself and his ship and crew maneuvered into having to go precisely there.

He blames the protovirus which seems to have some weird control over him for this and hates his being controlled by it.

And from there, things go pear-shaped.

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