James S. A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. In addition to writing the novels and short stories of The Expanse, they wrote and produced the television series of the same name. Daniel lives with his family in the American southwest. Ty will tell you where he lives when and if he wants you to come over.

Now in paperback, this is the 5th novel in the "Expanse" space opera series, now a major TV series from SyFy. Previous novel "Leviathan Wakes" was nominated for the Hugo Award.