Amazon have released the official trailer for the upcoming fifth season of sci-fi drama series The Expanse.

The Expanse is a series based on the best-selling book series of the same name by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The story unfolds across a colonised galaxy 200 years in the future, when two strangers become unwittingly swept up in a vast conspiracy.

The official synopsis for the fifth season is as follows:

The future of The Belt has begun as Marco Inaros wages Armageddon against the Inners for a lifetime of oppression and injustice.

The upcoming fifth season stars Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dominique Tipper, Cas Anvar, Wes Chatham, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, Chad L. Coleman, Anna Hopkins, Nadine Nicole, Keon Alexander and Jasai Chase Owens.

The Expanse season 5 will become available on the streaming service Amazon Prime on the 16th December 2020.