Summary: Leviathan Wakes, by James S.A. Corey, is the sterling first novel in the Expanse series, now adapted for television on the SyFy network. In episode 1, the DST crew talks about the politics of this near-future setting, its great cast of characters, plus Film Noir and pork pie hats, and the physics of atom bombs in space. Book Rating: 5/5 Malevolent Space Parasites Next Novel: The Lies of Locke Lamora “Even in the Belt, youth brought invulnerability, immortality, the unshakable conviction that for you, things would be different. The laws of physics would cut you a break, the missiles would never hit, the air would never hiss out into nothing.” -- James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Awakes