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Holden and the crew of the Rocinante make it out alive from the alien death world (again) with a psycho prisoner on board (again). The future of Ilus is uncertain, which is a major upgrade from the previous status, which was "doomed". We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 3.0 .

Holden's enemies and friends follow him to the strange place where the alien subway deposited him. Then they all shoot it out, mostly with each other, but eventually the right people get shot. Then Elvi teams up with Miller, and with her brains and his giant alien carapace, they manage to reach the incomprehensible thing they've all been seeking. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff La...

Miller has a new body! It is less noirish and more murderbottish than his last one, but it helps Holden get close to the mysterious anomaly they're searching for. Meanwhile it's battle in space as the Stupid Militia attacks the Rocinante while they are busy doing hero stuff. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov...

Elvi figures out why Holden is immune to the proto-algic eyeball invader: his cancer meds. Turns out getting thoroughly irradiated is not without some long-term benefit. Meanwhile the Rocinante's rescue mission of the Barbapiccola is derailed by a nihilistic attack by the inner space militia. Very not cool. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music:...

As Elvi races to find a solution to the eye algae, Alex arms Basia and sends him to attack Havelock's space militia. Shooting at people in zero-G is not that different from welding, if you think about it. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 3.0 .

Things are not going well on Ilus. Between the planetwide cataclysm, the unending threat of the poisonous death slugs, the disabling of all fusion reactions, and the alien organism infecting everybody's eyeballs, the conflict among the colonists doesn't seem so bad. Holden can look on the bright side. Because he's the only one not going blind. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake...

Havelock realizes that Naomi, now his captive, is cooler than anybody on his side. He doesn't have much time to ponder this, because the planet explodes. This poses a major problem for the inhabitants of the planet. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 3.0 .

Back on the Rocinante, the crew gets an an unfortunate downgrade when Basia joins as a prisoner, and Naomi is captured by Havelock (of all people!). Holden tries to stave off the inevitable bloody resolution of the conflict on the planet. None of them care that the moon is melting. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Z...

Violence escalates on Ilus/New Terra as an attempted ambush is ambushed. There are increasing signs of the activity of non-human machinery on the planet, but Holden is having a tough time getting anybody else to care. These humans are just too occupied with killing each other over shiny dirt. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by...

Holden arrives on Ilus and begins trying to make peace between the warring factions. It doesn't help that his extraterrestrial ride-along is waking up every dormant entity on the planet, which itself might be one big dormant entity. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 3.0 .

The cycle of violence escalates on Ilus. Holden is almost there, and when he gets there, he'll add his signature touch to the mix: doing violence, but feeling bad about it afterward. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 3.0 .

Let's read about the settlers of Ilus, humanity's first extrasolar colony. The humans have brought everything they need with them, including oppressive corporations and violent resource contention. Of course there are also the mysterious alien structures and the dire danger they pose to all humanity, but that's the kind of stuff only a space dork like James Holden would care about. He's on his way...

Bull makes his last stand. Then Holden attempts a series of last stands, each last-er than the last, but he keeps surviving. Clarissa decides that Anna's pacifism makes more sense then Cortez's planetary suicide plan, and saves the day. The gate defenses are lifted, and humanity is now free to explore what lies beyond. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.cl...

Holden, Anna, and Bull team up to launch a counter counter coup. Anna uses a message of peace and cooperation, while Holden and Bull use a message of bullets and explosives. Their plan works well until Ashford deploys his invincible power armor, and then things start to look pretty dire for the good guys. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: se...

Holden is reunited with his crew on the Behemoth. They're finally safe as long as there isn't a coup. There is a coup (technically a counter-coup), led by Ashford and Cortez. Holden's crew realizes it's up to them to fix everything. Anna is unconvinced by Cortez's doomer theology, so she realizes it's up to her to fix everything. Bull survives the coup and realizes that Ashford must be stopped and...

Bull adjusts to his new situation. It involves a mech. Holden is extracted from his mind-bending cosmic experience and returned an experience he's quite comfortable with: Martian military custody. Anna, having kicked Melba's ass, is determined to save Clarissa's soul. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licens...

Holden has the cosmos downloaded into his brain. Then a Martian tries to blow him up, with dire consequences for everybody in the Slow Zone. Anna is injured in the calamity, and the injury leads her to experience combat drugs and then actual combat. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 3.0...

The remaining ships hasten to follow Holden into the Ring. Because if that doofus can go in, anybody can. Holden has already gone to the next level though, heading inside the mysterious object at the center of the mysterious space on the other side of the mysterious Ring. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov li...

Melba begins to enact her evil anti-Holden plot. It involves killing a lot of people who aren't Holden. The aftermath leaves Holden a wanted man in the entire solar system. Luckily, his ship is right next to a convenient exit from the solar system: The Ring. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: second stand by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under C...

Holden tries to get his crew as far from the Ring as possible, and do it without attracting attention. He is not good at avoiding danger or publicity, so he ends up heading directly toward the Ring with a documentary crew aboard. Melba, Anna, and Bull also head toward the ring for reasons  respectively evil, philosophical, and loyal. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us...

Holden's effort to avoid the Ring is not going well because it appears to be inside his head. Melba demonstrates her ability to enforce the terms of a deal. Bull gets an unpleasant promotion and demotion. Anna must decide between her family or adventure, and given the genre of this book the choice is obvious. We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music...

Somebody must go aboard the Agatha King to face a gauntlet of horrors and save humanity. Luckily Holden is there and that's his whole deal. Then Amos, Prax, and Bobbie go to Io to dispense violence and receive closure. (00:15) - Intro (00:30) - Recap (01:14) - Chapter 49 (09:43) - Chapter 50 (15:09) - Chapter 51 (21:02) - Chapter 52 (24:59) - Chapter 53 (28:43) - Chapter 54 (36:12) - Review (38:55...

The crew of the Rocinante meet Avasarala and Bobbie. Holden and Bobbie team up to make a plan to get out of their predicament: a battle, then a battle, followed by a battle. (00:15) - Intro (00:30) - Recap (01:20) - Chapter 41 (06:38) - Chapter 42 (12:15) - Chapter 43 (15:43) - Chapter 44 (18:10) - Chapter 45 (21:33) - Chapter 46 (23:52) - Chapter 47 (31:59) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah S...

Avasarala learns that the UN has sent a squadron of destroyers to destroy the Rocinante. So she sends Bobbie to commandeer their space yacht, which she does, and it is awesome. Meanwhile Holden and his crew have The Talk. (00:15) - Intro (00:30) - Recap (01:09) - Chapter 35 (03:28) - Chapter 36 (06:39) - Chapter 37 (10:44) - Chapter 38 (14:19) - Chapter 39 (17:46) - Chapter 40 (23:52) - Outro We a...

Avasarala figures out the nefarious plot, and gets sent to Ganymede for her trouble (with Bobby). Meanwhile Holden gets fired, which solves most of his problems. (00:15) - Intro (00:30) - Recap (01:16) - Chapter 28 (06:22) - Chapter 29 (10:55) - Chapter 30 (15:27) - Chapter 31 (18:39) - Chapter 32 (25:27) - Chapter 33 (28:19) - Chapter 34 (32:31) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and...