Persepolis Rising

The seventh volume skips thirty years and restarts the series: a colony that spent those decades alone with alien-derived technology comes back through the gates with capability nobody can match, and simply announces that it is now the government. The last three books are about that — a technologically superior actor converting its advantage into permanent authority, and what resistance even means against an opponent who does not need your consent or your trade.

Context: On the a16z Infra Reading List under The Expanse series, seventh of the nine volumes listed; the remaining two are Tiamat’s Wrath and Leviathan Falls.

Connections

• a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from.
• James S.A. Corey — the author.
• Babylon’s Ashes — volume six, thirty years earlier in story time.
• Leviathan Falls — volume nine, the finale, already in the anti-library.
• Governance — the book is about capability hardening into rule.
• Science Fiction — the genre page.
• a16z — the firm whose infra team curates the list.