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#1 Leviathan Wakes

by James S. A. Corey

"Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written." —George R. R. Martin

Cover of Leviathan Wakes
Hardcover
Pages 571 pages
Published 2009
Audiobook 21h 30m
Languages English, Bulgarian, Czech +14

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Publisher's Summary

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt.…

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Weighted Score
4.29 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
(R × v + C × m) / (v + m)
R (Avg Rating): 4.30 ★
v (Ratings Count): 2,611
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
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Hardcover Avg: 4.30
True Ratings 2,611
Written Reviews 229
Shelved (Popularity) 5,747
Users Read 3,527
Rating Distribution
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