The ashes of Babylon

The revolution of the belt, brewing for decades, began in fire. It will end with blood. A free fleet - a radical group of aster - has caused irreparable damage to the Earth and now wages a pirate war among the external planets of the solar system. The colonists, heading for thousands of new worlds behind the gate, become easy prey, and there are no ships left, strong enough to protect them. The James Holden team knows better than others the advantages and weaknesses of the free fleet. The remnants of the old political forces inferior to him, among the relics, appeal to the Rosinant, entrusting him with a desperate mission: to reach the Medin station in the heart of the Ring-Route network. However, the new alliance is vulnerable, and the struggle for power is only beginning