Novel: Cibolla Burn

Novel: Cibolla Burn
Author: James SA Corey

Synopsis: This is the fourth book in the Expanse series. I'd read it a couple of years ago, and lost the thread at some point.

I think I know why I stopped reading: this is a depressing world. A mind-shatteringly huge world, real politic, and a protagonist who is kind of a dick. Why else would his name be Holden.

And this is really kind of the problem, for me: the world is so damned huge, and the actions of individuals are so damned insignificant.

I fell in love with these books year's ago, my initial attracting being through Daniel Abraham, whose Long Price Quartet is shocking good and novel. But, the actions of people make a real difference.

Here ... I'm struggling with whether our protagonists have any agency to affect the world, or if the world would be about the same with or without them.

I've got the fifth book. I'm hoping it'll seem different.