"Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, 9)" by James S. A. Corey

"Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, 9)" by James S. A. Corey
 https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Falls-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/0316332941/
Book number nine of an nine book science fiction series.  I read the well printed and well bound trade paperback weighing 1.3 lbs published by Orbit in 2023.  Ah, Science Fiction by the pound, cool !  This book is the end of the series as far as I know.  BTW, James S. A. Corey is two guys writing under a single nom de plume.
James Holden has escaped from the fallen empire of Laconia.  The ancient central station with the 1,300 gates, shortcuts around the Milky Way, is a free for all now.  But, somebody else has awakened and wants to destroy everything.  And the leader of Laconia, Winston Duarte, has turned up at the central station.
I really enjoyed the series.  It was almost hard science fiction if you skip the protomolecule and the central station at the edge of the Solar System.
You can watch books one through six converted to a six season tv series on Amazon Prime.  The series was started on the Syfy channel and moved to Amazon for the fourth season.
My rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.8 out of 5 stars (25,657 reviews)
Lynn