The Churn: An Expanse Novella
by James S.A. Corey
The Expanse original e-books typically flesh out a character from the main series; in this case, it's Amos Barton, the
Rocinante's bruiser mechanic. In terms of his personality, I don't think this really tells you anything you wouldn't know just from reading the main books, or watching the show. And backstory that doesn't reveal personality seems to me to be of dubious purpose. Like, he used to do a different thing than he now does, but so what? What's most interesting about this book is that it fleshes out Earth's society, where most citizens are on a universal basic income, by showing us life in Baltimore. There are a lot of aspects we haven't had the room to see in the main series, and that was neat.
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