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Amazon.com: The Mercy of Gods: Captive’s War, Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition): James S.A. Corey, Jefferson Mays, Recorded Books: Books
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From the Hugo Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse, James S. A. Corey, comes the start of a monumental new space opera series.
HOW HUMANITY CAME TO THE PLANET CALLED ANJIIN IS LOST IN THE FOG OF HISTORY, BUT THAT HISTORY IS ABOUT TO END.
The Carryx—part empire, part hive—has waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy in its conflict with an ancient and deathless enemy.
When they descend on the isolated world of Anjiin, the human population is abased, slaughtered, and put in chains. The best and brightest are abducted, taken to the Carryx world-palace to join prisoners from a thousand other species.
Dafyd Alkhor, assistant to a prestigious scientist, is captured along with his team.
Even he doesn’t suspect that his peculiar insight and skills will be the key to seeing past their captors’ terrifying agenda.
Swept up in a conflict beyond his control and vaster than his imagination, Dafyd is poised to become humanity’s champion—and its betrayer.
This is where his story begins.
“No one builds a universe like James S. A. Corey. The Mercy of Gods is wilder and weirder than you can imagine, and when it ends, all you’ll want is … more.”—John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author
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Amazon.com: The Mercy of Gods: Captive’s War, Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition): James S.A. Corey, Jefferson Mays, Recorded Books: Books
Miodrag M. Popovic –
I just finished and ALL I can think about is “where is more?” I don’t know how this book came about but I can’t wait for the interview that lays open the gremlins our guys were wrestling with when this idea took hold. It’s a fast read with the usual emotional grip you expect from Ty and Daniel and new ideas and new ways of looking at things. I never thought I’d read anything as glorious as the Expanse and I was sure it couldn’t be topped.
I was wrong.
Leann –
Very different from The Expanse series, but, wow, what a compelling read! The novel is so interesting and enjoyable I couldn’t put it down. Can’t wait for the rest of the series!
Kindle Customer –
Really good book, decent pace, interesting world building, only downside really is that it is only the first of a brand new trilogy and I have no idea how long it’ll be for books 2 and 3 and it hints a few times at big things to come as the story progresses.
Kindle Customer –
Disappointing. Hard to believe it was written by the authors of the Expanse series. Bloated and wandering narrative covering a very small amount of actual plot/ action. Hopefully the next book will be more tightly edited.
Amazon Customer –
I couldn’t put it down. I had really high expectations that were exceeded in every way. Rich in detail, filled-in believable characters, excellent prose and a fast moving plot which you can’t get enough. When’s the sequel?
Angella –
How do they do it? Write so beautifully and profound? Have me experience true curiosity, anxiety and horror. If you thought the protomolecule was a b*tch, try the Carryx. I finished in less than 24 hours. How long do I have to wait for book 2?
Cooper Viktor –
7.5/10
This book is a great introductory book to sci-fi, mostly because it’s very light on the science, and it’s more fiction set on another planet.
That is also this book’s downfall, because while it’s introductory it fails to really set a satisfying narrative, create deep characters that we are inevitably going to get a sprawling series on, or setup any kind of world background or building.
All these things should have been in this book.
As a huge fan of The Expanse, I am sad to see that they haven’t really flexed the writing muscles I am aware they are capable of.
Aside from that, it’s still worth reading, but I would wait for the second book to be released, as it would be much better to go straight into the next one, since those last 30 pages really made me want to immediately continue.
schaumschaf –
Wer The Expanse mochte, wird das hier auch mögen, es ist in einem ähnlichen Stil geschrieben.
Anfangs war es mir etwas zu dunkel, aber dennoch muss ich sagen, dass ich insgesamt sehr beeindruckt war…
Fazit: bin auf die weiteren Bücher gespannt.
TheFlyer –
I suppose when you know you are writing a series, the first book becomes a slave to setting up the characters and conditions for plot lines. Nearly all of the story takes place in a single location with a single group of people, who seem fairly indistinctive and homogeneous. No great stand out personalities like GoT or Expanse. But (spoiler alert) most don’t last. So I suppose no point investing in drawing them in detail.
End of the book and you are wondering if you really know who the main characters will be. And if you feel you know them or how you feel about them.
The writing style is excellent, well crafted and engaging as ever, but you are basically watching furniture being moved. Space Opera? Well, I suppose it feels like that. Aliens seem quite classical. Lot of work in making the science parts sound credible. Quite educational in parts. Working out an alien set of societal and individual motivations.
I await part 2 as I presume this has been the long walk in to arrive at the really interesting bits.
Marnie –
Interesting story. Interesting characters, especially the aliens. Great world building and good character development, but the plot and world were the most interesting parts. I can’t say I had a particular fondness for anyone. It is unusual for me to have enjoyed a book so much mostly based on plot and a very interesting universe.
Kindle Customer –
I, like many other people, came to know James S.A. Corey through the television adaptation of The Expanse. I was hoping this would be as good as those novels and it is. I’ll admit I struggled at first because there was no context for me to reference as it pertained to the world building but I worked soldiered on and at about one third of the way through it talked up and had me reading as fast as I could comprehend. Rich background, subtle hints as what was to come interesting interplay without being tedious, simply engaging. Unfortunately now I must wait.
Josh Pitterle –
Corey pulled no punches in developing this universe filled with massive and unyielding aliens, sending the humans of a fledgling world named Anjinn far below their perceived dominance as a species. Where the viewpoint is less concentrated than in the authors’ previous work, their worldbuilding, descriptive detail, and glimpses inside compelling antagonist viewpoints create a rich page-turner. The climax hit like a brick, stole a survivor I’d been rooting for since the opening act, and left me speculating where the series would go. Admittedly, I was disappointed that the invasion seemed to end right when it was getting good, and describing phrases tended to repeat and occasionally take me out of the action.
Robert J. Robinson –
Having read (and become tired of in the end) the Expanse novels, I took a chance on this new departure for James S. A. Corey with this (to my mind) somewhat expensive introductory novel. There is no question that Corey has matured as a novelist, his writing is brisk and engaging, a mature writer with a great deal to say. I won’t spoil the plot here, other to say that this is a wonderfully-written world-building exercise, setting us up for compelling adventures going forward.
Thematically, I am reminded of the CJ Cherryh Foreigner universe, where understanding the alien, and in fact trying to some extent to become the alien, it essential to survival. The other thing this new world reminded me of was Greg Bear’s Forge of God series in that we are looking at a traumatized group of survivors dealing with a civilization-ending alien coup, looking for both meaning and revenge, regardless of how unlikely that seems initially.
On the negative side, (hence the 4 stars), while this is more contemplative than the Expanse series, James Corey remains a better plot writer than character sketcher. His humans are somewhat stilted and less than 3-dimensional, although the scenario is so compelling that I can forgive that. More problematic are some basic science issues, most glaringly the notion that a vast variety of aliens can all occupy the same ecosystem, particularly sharing a common atmosphere and gravity (which just happens to be perfectly fine for human physiology), despite massively different physical forms and evolutionary histories, without any ill-effects (except for one notable and somewhat puzzling example).
I am bemused by this oversight, it is addressable with little effort for a writer of Corey’s skills, and I wonder why this was left dangling out there, it does make the suspension of disbelief a lot harder to maintain. I’m wondering when and if this will be remediated in the sequels to this promising start.