

Dark times come and go, and so do good, good people die and empires fall and worlds and nations are born and fade away, and history finds a way to leave everyone behind in the end.

It’s a term he coined, and a difficult one to explain, but in essence it’s the idea that nothing ever stays the same. Since the beginning, Corey’s novels have always been about the Churn. Leviathan Falls, the final book of The Expanse, is not such a gentle ending. To take a self-celebratory victory lap with a few hundred pages spent tying up loose ends, have characters reminisce about how good the series has been, and then sail gently into the golden glow of fan nostalgia. That’s what you give up to get a place among the stars.” – James SA Corey, Leviathan Fallsįor an author as successful as James SA Corey has become, it would be easy to coast at the end of a series.

“Nerving yourself up to kiss your big crush for the first time? Or getting because the apartment one over has a nicer view than yours? Playing with your grandbabies, or drinking beer with the from work because going back to an empty house is too depressing? All the grimy, grubby that comes with being locked in your own head for a lifetime.
