The first novel, Leviathan Wakes, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2012. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
THE EXPANSE BOOK 2 SERIES
Since Basia had attempted to warn Holden of a resistance plot to assassinate him along with the RCE security, Holden instructed Naomi Nagata and Alex Kamal to treat Basia as a non-hostile in protective custody as they remain in orbit over the planet on the Rocinante. The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels (and related novellas and short stories) by James S.
He was one of the main perpetrators in the destruction of the landing pad that caused the RCE ship Edward Israel's shuttle to crash land, and also took part in the ambush attack that claimed the lives of five RCE security personnel.Īfter RCE security chief Adolphus Murtry discovered he was involved in the resistance, he arrested him and placed him in UN mediator James Holden's custody. When Royal Charter Energy received the charter for mining lithium on Ilus from the United Nations (who called the planet "New Terra"), Basia became part of a resistance and fought to keep the settlers' independence. Basia never stopped blaming himself for leaving his son behind to die.
The refugee ship travelled through the ring network and settled on the planet they called " Ilus" before anyone else could claim it.īasia and his family then became citizens of First Landing on Ilus, working in the planet's lithium mines. “Enter a new frontier” - Spoilers for Cibola Burn follow.Īfter Basia and his family had lived on the Barbapiccola together with other Ganymede refugees for over a year, probe results started coming back from the first exploration of extra-solar planets on the other side of the newly reactivated ring system in the slow zone.