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- ChangeAvasarala from the start
The book sticks with Holden and Miller, and Avasarala never appears. The show puts her on Earth from the first episode.
source ↗ - ChangeOne book, a season and a half
S1 covers roughly the first half of the book. The rest, up to the fall of Eros, opens S2.
source ↗ - ChangeEros, live
In the book, billions watch Eros crash into Venus live. On the show, it stays hidden from the public.
source ↗ - ChangeThe shot at Dresden
In the book we get Holden's thoughts as Dresden tries to win him over, and we see he nearly gave in before Miller fires. The show has no way to show that.
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- ChangeLess Prax
In the book, botanist Prax is one of the narrators and shows the war through a civilian's eyes. The show pushes him into the background.
source ↗ - ChangeThe attack stays secret
In the book, footage of the Ganymede attack gets out. On the show it stays hidden, and Avasarala has to dig up what happened.
source ↗ - ChangeA harder Bobbie
The show's Bobbie starts out as a soldier who wants war at any cost. In the book she's patriotic but nuanced from the start.
source ↗ - ChangeThe ending moves to S3
The book ends in S3: its first six episodes wrap up the Io, Mao and Errinwright plot.
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- ChangeNo Bull, no Michio Pa
In the book, the mutiny on the Behemoth is led by Bull, third in command, and XO Michio Pa. Neither exists on the show; Drummer takes that role.
source ↗ - ChangeAnna comes in early
Anna debuts in this book. The show brings her in several episodes earlier, during the Caliban's War conflict, writing for the Secretary-General.
source ↗ - ChangeClarissa's fate
In the book, Clarissa confesses and is taken to Luna to stand trial. On the show she's shot while shutting down the Behemoth.
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- ChangeAlmost all on Ilus
The book stays almost entirely on Ilus. S4 adds storylines for Bobbie on Mars, Avasarala in an election, and Ashford and Drummer in the Belt.
source ↗ - ChangeLucia instead of Basia
In the book, settler Basia Merton is the Ilus narrator and part of the cell that blows up the landing pad. The show focuses on his daughter, Lucia.
source ↗ - ChangeNo Havelock
Havelock spends the whole book on the Edward Israel, switches sides and ends up on the Rocinante. None of that is in S4.
source ↗ - ChangeElvi without the crush
In the book, Elvi Okoye falls for Holden. The show cut it because Holden's mission on Ilus changed, according to showrunner Naren Shankar.
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- ChangeAlex lives in the book
Alex is alive at the end of the book. His death in the S5 finale was a change made for the show.
source ↗ - ChangeFred survives the shooting
In the book, Fred Johnson survives being shot on Tycho. On the show, a traitor working for Marco kills him.
source ↗ - ChangeNaomi tells Holden
In the book, Naomi leaves Tycho without telling Holden why. On the show she tells him about her son, Filip, and that she wants to get him away from his father.
source ↗ - ChangeNo prime minister
In the book, the Martian prime minister escapes on the Razorback with Alex and Bobbie. The show drops that plot.
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- ChangeSix episodes for one book
The book has 15 point-of-view characters, the most in the series so far. With only six episodes, S6 trims a lot.
source ↗ - ChangeDrummer instead of Michio Pa
In the book, Michio Pa is the one who breaks with Marco and ends up leading the new transport union. On the show, that path belongs to Drummer.
source ↗ - ChangeFred's death
In the book, Fred Johnson dies of a stroke during a high-g burn while fleeing an ambush. On the show he was already dead.
source ↗ - ChangeLaconia comes from elsewhere
The scenes with young Cara on Laconia aren't in this book. The show took them from the story Strange Dogs.
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- Behind the scenesA 28-year jump
The book opens 28 years after Babylon's Ashes, with a much older Rocinante crew.
source ↗ - ReferenceNever made it to screen
The show stopped at the sixth book, so this one was never adapted. The bridge between the two is the novella Strange Dogs.
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- Behind the scenesHolden steps aside
It's the only book in the series where Holden isn't the protagonist: he narrates just the prologue, an interlude and the epilogue.
source ↗ - ReferenceAnother myth in the title
Tiamat is the Babylonian goddess tied to the creation of the universe. The title keeps up the series habit of naming books after myths.
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- Behind the scenesThe title closes the loop
The title and cover were revealed at a virtual fan event on September 16, 2020. Leviathan Falls answers the first book's title, Leviathan Wakes.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA Dragon Award
The book won the 2022 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Two years earlier, the whole series had taken the Hugo for Best Series.
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- ReferenceStories that hit the screen
Three pieces in here made it to the show: Drive in S2, Gods of Risk in S4 and Strange Dogs in S6.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOne new story
The collection includes a new piece, The Sins of Our Fathers, which works as an epilogue to the whole series and is set after Leviathan Falls.
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