The Expanse · Book 3

Abaddon's Gate

Published
4 June 2013
Pages
1792
ISBN-13
9780316536462
Type
novel
Cover of Abaddon's Gate

About this book

At 1,792 pages, Abaddon's Gate is by far the longest entry in The Expanse -- the third novel, published in June 2013 between Caliban's War and Cibola Burn.

Key facts about Abaddon's Gate

James S. A. Corey wrote Abaddon's Gate, a novel on our list. It has been out since 4 June 2013. The book has 1792 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780316536462 to find the main one.

Abaddon's Gate is book 3 of 10 in The Expanse series. The series has 10 published books. However, the series starts with Leviathan Wakes (2011). Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 15 March 2022.

Additionally, James S. A. Corey writes The Captive's War as a separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The Faith of Beasts is the latest published James S. A. Corey book on file, from 14 April 2026.

About James S. A. Corey

James S. A. Corey is the joint pen name of American authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, best known for The Expanse, a nine-novel space opera following the crew of the ice-hauler-turned-warship Rocinante through a solar system fractured by political conflict between Earth, Mars, and the Belt, and complicated by the arrival of an alien technology called the protomolecule. See every James S. A. Corey book in order.

Its place in The Expanse

Abaddon's Gate is book 3 in the The Expanse series. It follows Caliban's War. It is followed by Cibola Burn. See the full The Expanse reading order.

Two hundred years from now, humanity has spread across the solar system — Earth, a crowded and politically fractious Mars, and the asteroid Belt, whose miners and dockworkers live under the thumb of both. When a conspiracy on an ice hauler triggers a chain of events involving a missing girl, a protomolecule that rewrites the rules of biology, and the fragile balance between three rival powers, a rag-tag salvage crew on the gunship Rocinante and a jaded Belter detective get pulled into events that will decide…

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