The Churn

by James S. A. Corey

Series: The Expanse (prequel novella)

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Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. Thriller. HTML:A novella set in the hard-scrabble world of James S. A. Corey's NYT-bestselling Expanse series, The Churn takes the bestselling sci-fi series to the dark world of organized crime, drugs, secrets, and murder that shaped the Rocinante's mechanic, Amos. Now a Prime Original series. This story will be available in the complete Expanse story collection, Memory�??s Legion. HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES Before his trip to the stars, before the Rocinante, Timmy was confined to a Baltimore where crime paid you or killed you. Unless the authorities got to you first. On a future Earth beset by overpopulation, pollution, and poverty, people do what they must to survive. The Churn follows a crime boss named Burton as his organization is threatened by a new private security force tasked with cleaning up the city. When the police start cracking down, Burton and his footsoldiers-loyal lieutenant Erich, former prostitute Lydia, and young enforcer Timmy-become increasingly desperate to find a way out. The Expanse Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath �??Leviathan Falls Memory's Legion The Expanse Short Fiction Drive The Butcher of Anderson Station Gods of Risk The Churn The Vital Abyss Strange Dogs Auberon The Sins of Our Father… (more)

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This is a story primarily aimed at "completists" among Expanse readers. It may not appeal to others. But nonetheless, it is a well-written story that provides enlightening backstory details on Amos. (

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Treebeard_404 | Jan 23, 2024 |

Book 2 in The Expanse saga.

This time we're back on Earth in a rather dystopian nightmare future Baltimore to meet one of the main story's main protagonists.

A really good little tale and back story.

Next up is The Butcher of Anderson Station. (

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5t4n5 | Jan 11, 2024 |

Worst of the novellas. The backstory for Amos is important, but this was such a slough, even for a short book. (

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jaheath | Mar 16, 2023 |

I have come to love Amos Burton over the course of this series, and I was looking forward to reading a novella about his past. I should have known it would be dark and grim, given the tidbits dropped in the book and the TV show.

I can’t say I’m sorry I read it, especially the part about how he got his name, but I was creeped out by his relationship with Lydia and more disturbed than I thought I would be with the violence and lack of conscience he had at such a young age.

It all made sense for the character, but reading it was mostly a bummer. (

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Harks | Dec 17, 2022 |

A novella character study of Amos Burton, set in the "The Expanse" universe. The Expanse is one my all time favorite science fiction stories. (

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Lenval | Oct 5, 2022 |

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2014-04-29

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Amos Burton

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Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Burton was a small, thin, dark-skinned man.

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Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. Thriller. HTML:A novella set in the hard-scrabble world of James S. A. Corey's NYT-bestselling Expanse series, The Churn takes the bestselling sci-fi series to the dark world of organized crime, drugs, secrets, and murder that shaped the Rocinante's mechanic, Amos. Now a Prime Original series. This story will be available in the complete Expanse story collection, Memory�??s Legion.
HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES
Before his trip to the stars, before the Rocinante, Timmy was confined to a Baltimore where crime paid you or killed you. Unless the authorities got to you first.
On a future Earth beset by overpopulation, pollution, and poverty, people do what they must to survive. The Churn follows a crime boss named Burton as his organization is threatened by a new private security force tasked with cleaning up the city. When the police start cracking down, Burton and his footsoldiers-loyal lieutenant Erich, former prostitute Lydia, and young enforcer Timmy-become increasingly desperate to find a way out.
The Expanse
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising
Tiamat's Wrath
�??Leviathan Falls
Memory's Legion
The Expanse Short Fiction
Drive
The Butcher of Anderson Station
Gods of Risk
The Churn
The Vital Abyss
Strange Dogs
Auberon
The Sins of Our Father

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