The release date for the English version of 'Persepolis Rising' by
James S.A. Corey is Dec 2017. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
As mankind spreads throughout the thousand-sun network, newly formed colony planets are having difficulty navigating. Every new planet teeters on the brink of disaster and wonder, and the crew of the ancient gunship Rocinante has their hands full maintaining the tenuous equilibrium.
The inner planets and belt have established a cautious and unsure alliance in the immense void between Earth and Jupiter, still tainted by the legacy of past conflicts and biases. A secret adversary with the ability to impose his new worldview on all of mankind exists on the abandoned colony planet of Laconia.
As the history of human struggle reverts to its prehistoric patterns of domination and warfare, new and old technology collide. However, there are other enemies than human nature, and unleashing these forces comes with a cost. A cost that will abruptly and irrevocably alter both the Rocinante and humanity's forms...