Announcing THE MERCY OF GODS by James S. A. Corey

We're delighted that we're now accepting preorders from anyone who wants to lock in a copy of The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey, the authors of The Expanse series.

The Mercy of Gods is at the printer, and we're already at work on the second book in the trilogy, The Faith of Beasts.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. 

★ “Masterful... This is space opera at its best.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The start of something truly epic."  ― Fonda Lee, author of Jade City 

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—have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin. 

Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them.

They are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure. Only Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand—and manipulate—the Carryx themselves.

With a noble but suicidal human rebellion on one hand and strange and murderous enemies on the other, the team pays a terrible price to become the trusted servants of their new rulers.

Dafyd Alkhor is a simple man swept up in events that are beyond his control and more vast than his imagination. He will become the champion of humanity and its betrayer, the most hated man in history and the guardian of his people.

This is where his story begins.

Limited Edition Features:

• Oversized, 7 x 10 trim size
• Printed offset in two colors (black and Pantone®) on quality acid free paper
• A full-color dust jacket, featuring different images on the front and back
• Four full-color interior illustrations
• Smyth-sewn binding
• 368 pages

Limited: 574 signed numbered hardcover copies: $175

Lettered: 26 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $850

 

From Publishers Weekly (Starred Review):

“Writing as Corey, bestsellers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (The Expanse) create a dazzling new world in their masterful Captive’s War series launch... In Corey’s hands, world-shaking events don’t preclude nuanced and moving portraits of the people caught up in them. This is space opera at its best.” 

From Booklist (Starred Review):

“This is old-fashioned space opera on a grand scale and a promising start for an epic new series.”

From Library Journal (Starred Review):

“The novel’s distinctive portrayal of alien species also provides a unique perspective that is downright chilling… Nail-biting suspense makes for an engaging and compulsively readable intro to yet another ambitious series from this writing team.”

From Kirkus (Starred Review):

“The beginning of what could be Corey’s most epic—and entertaining—series yet. Simply mind-blowing.”