1 00:00:02,005 --> 00:00:04,050 Book nine is Leviathan Falls, 2 00:00:04,070 --> 00:00:05,700 the end of the story. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:07,865 Duarte has vanished from Laconia, 4 00:00:07,885 --> 00:00:11,110 changed by the protomolecule into something new. 5 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:13,895 Teresa has fled with the Rocinante. 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:15,690 And the beings outside space 7 00:00:15,710 --> 00:00:17,190 are striking back. 8 00:00:17,210 --> 00:00:19,640 Four stories: the hunt for Duarte, 9 00:00:19,660 --> 00:00:22,615 the Rocinante, Elvi's search for answers, 10 00:00:22,635 --> 00:00:24,065 and the last choice at the heart 11 00:00:24,085 --> 00:00:25,190 of the Ring. 12 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:26,527 Spoilers ahead! 13 00:00:27,281 --> 00:00:30,286 Story one: Colonel Aliana Tanaka, 14 00:00:30,306 --> 00:00:32,311 Laconia's best hunter. 15 00:00:32,331 --> 00:00:34,186 Her orders are to find Duarte 16 00:00:34,206 --> 00:00:35,636 and bring him home. 17 00:00:35,656 --> 00:00:37,436 She learns he escaped Laconia 18 00:00:37,456 --> 00:00:39,511 in an ancient alien ship. 19 00:00:39,531 --> 00:00:40,411 To find him, 20 00:00:40,431 --> 00:00:41,461 she decides to find 21 00:00:41,481 --> 00:00:43,611 the one person he would reach for: 22 00:00:43,631 --> 00:00:45,036 his daughter Teresa, 23 00:00:45,056 --> 00:00:47,706 who is now traveling with the Rocinante. 24 00:00:48,372 --> 00:00:52,297 Tanaka follows the Rocinante from system to system. 25 00:00:52,372 --> 00:00:55,102 But something strange is happening to her. 26 00:00:55,122 --> 00:00:57,052 Memories that aren't hers start drifting 27 00:00:57,072 --> 00:00:58,427 into her mind. 28 00:00:58,447 --> 00:00:59,642 She fights them off, 29 00:00:59,662 --> 00:01:01,092 and keeps going. 30 00:01:01,112 --> 00:01:02,142 The trail leads 31 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:04,142 to the one place every gate connects 32 00:01:04,162 --> 00:01:06,117 to: the station at the center 33 00:01:06,137 --> 00:01:06,979 of the Ring. 34 00:01:07,708 --> 00:01:10,263 Story two: the Rocinante. 35 00:01:10,283 --> 00:01:12,263 Holden, Naomi, Alex, 36 00:01:12,283 --> 00:01:15,843 Amos, and Teresa run the underground from Freehold. 37 00:01:15,863 --> 00:01:18,843 Laconia's Admiral Trejo offers peace, 38 00:01:18,863 --> 00:01:21,668 but only if Teresa is handed back. 39 00:01:21,688 --> 00:01:24,668 A resistance captain named Jillian Houston locks 40 00:01:24,688 --> 00:01:27,318 the crew in their quarters and takes the deal. 41 00:01:27,338 --> 00:01:28,743 The crew breaks free, 42 00:01:28,763 --> 00:01:31,143 and the Gathering Storm sacrifices itself 43 00:01:31,163 --> 00:01:32,590 to cover their escape. 44 00:01:33,161 --> 00:01:35,216 Then a colony ship nearly vanishes 45 00:01:35,236 --> 00:01:35,916 in the gates, 46 00:01:35,936 --> 00:01:37,886 and something new happens. 47 00:01:37,976 --> 00:01:39,681 All across human space, 48 00:01:39,701 --> 00:01:42,456 people start sharing memories and thoughts. 49 00:01:42,476 --> 00:01:43,856 It's Duarte. 50 00:01:43,876 --> 00:01:45,631 His plan is to join all 51 00:01:45,651 --> 00:01:47,706 of humanity into one mind, 52 00:01:47,726 --> 00:01:48,881 strong enough to fight 53 00:01:48,901 --> 00:01:51,031 the beings outside space. 54 00:01:51,051 --> 00:01:53,022 And it's spreading like a virus. 55 00:01:53,751 --> 00:01:56,556 Story three: Elvi Okoye. 56 00:01:56,576 --> 00:01:57,631 Her team goes back 57 00:01:57,651 --> 00:01:59,756 to the giant diamond at Adro, 58 00:01:59,776 --> 00:02:01,506 the gate builders' record. 59 00:02:01,526 --> 00:02:02,836 With help from Cara, 60 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:05,261 the girl the strange dogs changed, 61 00:02:05,281 --> 00:02:06,986 they finally read it. 62 00:02:07,006 --> 00:02:09,036 The builders were small sea creatures 63 00:02:09,056 --> 00:02:11,406 who joined their minds into one. 64 00:02:11,516 --> 00:02:12,846 And even as one mind, 65 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:15,721 the beings outside space destroyed them. 66 00:02:16,412 --> 00:02:19,042 That is the warning Elvi brings back. 67 00:02:19,062 --> 00:02:21,167 Duarte is trying to turn humanity 68 00:02:21,187 --> 00:02:22,702 into the gate builders, 69 00:02:22,722 --> 00:02:24,702 and the gate builders lost. 70 00:02:24,722 --> 00:02:26,927 Elvi's dives into the alien record 71 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:28,377 are dangerous for the people 72 00:02:28,397 --> 00:02:29,647 who make them. 73 00:02:29,712 --> 00:02:32,892 When the cost grows too high, she stops. 74 00:02:32,912 --> 00:02:35,633 Her answers point to the Ring Station, too. 75 00:02:36,352 --> 00:02:39,177 Story four: the heart of the Ring. 76 00:02:39,312 --> 00:02:40,762 To get inside the station, 77 00:02:40,782 --> 00:02:43,992 Holden injects himself with live protomolecule, 78 00:02:44,012 --> 00:02:47,042 and Miller's ghost returns to open the way. 79 00:02:47,062 --> 00:02:50,132 Holden, Teresa, and Tanaka find Duarte 80 00:02:50,152 --> 00:02:51,377 at the center. 81 00:02:51,537 --> 00:02:53,842 Teresa begs her father to stop. 82 00:02:53,862 --> 00:02:54,842 He won't. 83 00:02:54,862 --> 00:02:56,042 Tanaka kills him, 84 00:02:56,062 --> 00:02:57,690 and dies soon after. 85 00:02:58,376 --> 00:02:59,556 With Duarte gone, 86 00:02:59,576 --> 00:03:02,756 the beings outside space come for everyone. 87 00:03:02,776 --> 00:03:05,181 Holden takes Duarte's place in the station 88 00:03:05,201 --> 00:03:06,731 and holds them back. 89 00:03:06,751 --> 00:03:08,726 He learns the gates hurt the beings, 90 00:03:08,746 --> 00:03:10,426 which is why they fight. 91 00:03:10,446 --> 00:03:12,251 So he makes his choice. 92 00:03:12,271 --> 00:03:14,476 He refuses to force a single mind 93 00:03:14,496 --> 00:03:17,851 on humanity, and he shuts down every gate. 94 00:03:17,871 --> 00:03:20,737 The station, and Holden with it, is gone. 95 00:03:21,383 --> 00:03:22,413 The series ends 96 00:03:22,433 --> 00:03:24,448 with about thirteen hundred worlds, 97 00:03:24,468 --> 00:03:26,073 cut off from each other. 98 00:03:26,093 --> 00:03:28,873 Naomi, Amos, and Teresa head home 99 00:03:28,893 --> 00:03:30,593 to the solar system. 100 00:03:30,658 --> 00:03:32,163 Humanity will have to find 101 00:03:32,183 --> 00:03:34,558 its own way between the stars. 102 00:03:34,668 --> 00:03:35,023 And on one 103 00:03:35,043 --> 00:03:36,623 of those cut off worlds, 104 00:03:36,643 --> 00:03:39,048 Filip Nagata is starting over. 105 00:03:39,068 --> 00:03:41,020 Next up: his story.