After reading a single book in the last two years, I've now started and finished two in the last week.
I guess the anti-depressants are working.
The Mercy of Gods is the first novel in a new space opera series by James SA Corey, the author(s) of The Expanse.
A planet not our own, but populated by humans with a society much like ours, is invaded and conquered by a race of aliens. These invaders kidnap a group of human scientists and invite them to continue their work, with the reward for success being life in captivity and failure bringing the end of human history. Unbeknownst to friend and foe alike, one of the humans is a mole, planted by a race already at war with the invaders, with the goal of learning information to rid the universe of the invaders once and for all.
The book is grand in scope and intricate in detail, and I loved it. I regret that I found the series at its birth, because it will be years before I get to read the next installment
Well done.
Grade: A
