Abaddon's Gate

The third volume of The Expanse, and the one that changes the map: the alien biotechnology builds a ring in the outer system, ships go through it, and on the far side is a hub that connects to more than a thousand other systems and is policed by machinery that enforces hard limits on speed and energy inside it. Three fleets arrive at once, with no jurisdiction and no protocol, and get themselves trapped. It is a capacity-and-rate-limit story wearing a space-opera coat.

Context: On the a16z Infra Reading List under The Expanse series, third of the nine volumes listed. The series is best read in order — this book presumes Leviathan Wakes and Caliban’s War.

Connections

• a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from.
• James S.A. Corey — the author.
• Leviathan Wakes — volume one.
• Caliban’s War — volume two.
• Cibola Burn — volume four, the first one set past the gate.
• Science Fiction — the genre page.
• a16z — the firm whose infra team curates the list.