He drank the Kool-Aid and totally believes Duarte’s propaganda about the benevolence of the Laconians in conquering not only Medina and the gates, but taking the Sol system as well. Singh has the closest thing to a traditional family, but otherwise, he’s what used to be called a regular Army clown. One of the things that drew me though were the relationships, such as they were.
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Not only is he working with a station full of belters who have resisted the dictatorial forces of Earth and Mars for a century, but he also has to deal with the crew of the Roci, who quickly throw in with the dissidents. He’s a study in bureaucratic snobbery and incompetence. For a military officer, he’s seen no action whatsoever, so when real trouble on the station starts, he has no idea what to do about it. He isn’t mean exactly, but he’s arrogant the way a stereotypical millennial is arrogant when his avocado toast and chai tea isn’t delivered on time and to his exact specifications. Singh’s only redeeming quality is that he loves his wife and little girl. After all, conquerors often come speaking the words, “We are your friends.”
Then again, as current events have shown, plenty of people would just love to be ruled. If you had only half a brain, you might believe them. Commanded by uber-toady Santiago Singh, the totalitarian socialist Soviet…uh Laconian forces take the station and present themselves as liberators. The invasion of the Laconians through the gate to take Medina is devastating.
Not only has the protomolecule been used to build up enormous prosperity for the new Laconians and organic “super ships” of conquest, but Duarte is using it to make himself an immortal “god.” He means to build an empire with the grandiose goal of ruling humanity across the galaxy. Laconia is a planet with protomolecule ship building platforms in orbit around it. He’s the one who took the protomolecule sample from what had been Fred Johnson’s offices on Tycho.
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But Holden’s plans never seem to work out quite right.ĭuarte, a rogue Martian naval Admiral, who had sold out his planet in order to provide the former Free Navy with ships and weapons, has established his own Nirvana on another colony world, Laconia. That’s when Holden and Naomi decide to retire, sell their shares in the Roci, and make Bobbie Draper the Captain, which is an natural fit. Holden comes up with a different solution (of course) and Drummer is going to rub his nose in it. That would mean cutting Freehold off from vital supplies, killing the colony and everyone on the planet. Drummer, the current President of the Union running things from a “void city” in Sol’s system, orders their gate to be blockaded as a result of them sending a ship through the ring and nearly causing a disaster. One of the ring colony worlds, Freehold, seems to be run by (probably) how the authors interpret far-right extremists, all conservative attitudes and guns. The Transport Union, run by belters, is in full swing and Jim Holden and the Rocinante are still doing errands for them an aging crew and an aging ship. This time, the authors decided to jump over about three decades from the previous book, giving time for Earth to heal thanks in part to Martian terraforming technology (now that terraforming Mars has been abandoned). Corey’s (really Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) book Persepolis Rising, the seventh novel in the Expanse series. If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi
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