The Churn

Executive Summary: Amos is one of my favorite characters of the Expanse novels, and it's nice to finally get his backstory.

Full Review
For someone who doesn't really like short fiction, I seem to be reading a fair amount of it recently. Of the few Expanse short stories, this is the one that was the top of my list.

I finally decided to pick it up in preparation for the next Expanse novel. I thought it was just “alright” until the last little bit. The ending really made reading this worthwhile for me. It pushed it from a 3 star to a 4 star rating.

You don't get any of the cool setting of the normal Expanse books. There are no ships or space stations. Everything takes place in Baltimore. For the most part this almost could be an organized crime story more than Sci-Fi.

I'm not sure how important reading this story is to the series as a whole, but I'm glad I read it. I'm not sure I'll bother with the other short fiction. This one is really more of a special exception for me.