Cibola Burn

About the Author

James S. A. Corey is the pen name of fantasy author Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, George R. R. Martin’s assistant. They both live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Find out more about this series at www.the-expanse.com.

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BY JAMES S. A. COREY

The Expanse

Leviathan Wakes

Caliban’s War

Abaddon’s Gate

Cibola Burn

The Expanse short fiction

The Butcher of Anderson Station

God’s of Risk

The Churn

COPYRIGHT

Published by Orbit

978-0-3565-0418-6

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Copyright © 2014 by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck

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Cibola Burn

James S. A. Corey

Table of Contents

PrologueBobbie Draper Chapter OneBasia Chapter TwoElvi Chapter ThreeHavelock InterludeThe Investigator Chapter FourHolden Chapter FiveBasia Chapter SixElvi Chapter SevenHolden Chapter EightElvi Chapter NineBasia Chapter TenHavelock Chapter ElevenHolden InterludeThe Investigator Chapter TwelveBasia Chapter ThirteenElvi Chapter FourteenHolden Chapter FifteenHavelock Chapter SixteenElvi Chapter SeventeenBasia Chapter EighteenHolden Chapter NineteenHavelock Chapter TwentyElvi Chapter Twenty-OneBasia Chapter Twenty-TwoHavelock InterludeThe Investigator Chapter Twenty-ThreeHolden Chapter Twenty-FourElvi Chapter Twenty-FiveBasia Chapter Twenty-SixHavelock Chapter Twenty-SevenElvi Chapter Twenty-EightBasia Chapter Twenty-NineHolden Chapter ThirtyElvi Chapter Thirty-OneHolden Chapter Thirty-TwoHavelock Chapter Thirty-ThreeBasia InterludeThe Investigator Chapter Thirty-FourHolden Chapter Thirty-FiveElvi Chapter Thirty-SixHavelock Chapter Thirty-SevenElvi Chapter Thirty-EightHolden Chapter Thirty-NineBasia Chapter FortyHavelock Chapter Forty-OneElvi Chapter Forty-TwoHavelock Chapter Forty-ThreeBasia Chapter Forty-FourHolden InterludeThe Investigator Chapter Forty-FiveHavelock Chapter Forty-SixElvi Chapter Forty-SevenBasia Chapter Forty-EightHolden Chapter Forty-NineHavelock Chapter FiftyElvi Chapter Fifty-OneBasia Chapter Fifty-TwoElvi Chapter Fifty-ThreeHolden Chapter Fifty-FourElvi InterludeThe Investigator Chapter Fifty-FiveHavelock Chapter Fifty-SixHolden EpilogueAvasarala

Acknowledgments

To Jay Lake and Elmore Leonard.

Gentlemen, it has been a pleasure.

Prologue: Bobbie Draper