The Mercy of Gods, James S.A. Corey
The Mercy of Gods, James S.A. Corey
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The Mercy of Gods

Bestseller

Author: James S.A. Corey

Narrator: Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 14 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/06/2024


Synopsis

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

Reviews

Goodreads review by Allen on June 21, 2024

So, being in a probably unusual position in not having read or seen the show of the Expanse series, also by SA Corey, I didn't know what to expect. I knew I loved Daniel Abraham, and so I was just hoping I would get more of what I love about his fantasy novels, and I could not have been more wonderf......more

Goodreads review by Library of a Viking on July 02, 2024

Utterly addictive I finally read my first S.A. Corey book and started with The Mercy of Gods. I got caught up in the hype and wasn't quite ready to dive into The Expanse series, given its length of eight books. The Mercy of Gods was brilliant. Set in the distant future on a planet where humans have li......more

Goodreads review by Niki Hawkes on October 26, 2024

[4.5/5 stars] I love that we’re getting more scifi from these amazing authors! And to boot it’s something tied to the Expanse universe, albeit far removed from almost everything that’s familiar about that series. But so far, the Captive’s War is shaping up to be a completely different, but equally s......more

...I'm going to kill them and burn their fucking towers to the ground." - Dafyd Alkhor (Reciting his inner-Carl mantra) It's funny I read this immediately after catching up on Dungeon Crawler Carl, because they are similar stories. Except The Mercy of Gods is much more serious in tone as the writing d......more

Goodreads review by Booksblabbering || Cait❣️ on October 21, 2024

"I think some important scientific questions have finally been answered. Alien life exists, and they are assholes." This is the hardest book to describe without giving anything away. If anything, know it has my glowing, excited approval, don’t read anything else and just pick up this book. The Carryx......more