The Mercy of Gods

James S. A. Corey is the pseudonym of American authors and collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, taken from their middle names. Daniel Abraham also publishes fantasy fiction under his own name, such as his Dagger and Coin series. He began collaborating with Ty Franck, who was George R. R. Martin’s personal assistant, in 2011.

Under the James S. A. Corey pseudonym, the two authors are best known for their highly popular, best-selling space opera series, The Expanse. This series consists of nine novels, as well as several novellas and short stories, and was adapted into a television series. The first novel of this series, Leviathan Wakes, was nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award, and the completed series won the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2020. The television series, The Expanse, premiered on the Syfy Channel in 2015. When Syfy canceled the series after three seasons, Amazon Prime picked it up for three more seasons.

In contrast to the length of The Expanse series, the authors plan for The Captive’s War series to be a trilogy. Early reviews of the first book, The Mercy of Gods, have been largely positive, including a review from Publisher’s Weekly that calls the novel “masterful” and “space opera at its best” (“