The third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES FROM NETFLIX For generations; the solar system - Mars; the Moon; the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes; a complex plot is unfolding; with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat; the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.