The Churn: An Expanse Novella

By: James S. A. Corey

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

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.

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 Fathers

For the love of Amos!

I really loved getting more insight into Amos's background! All of the Expanse characters are interesting, but there was something about Amos that just made me want to know more; especially about his life prior to the Cant. This was a brief look at his life on Earth in Baltimore. I would love if there was a short about his time with Naomi and how that loyalty bond formed.

Really interesting characters….

I really enjoy the world, I enjoy the characters, the overall story is sci-fi but not overly so. This story could take place in the 40’s and would still work. It’s got good bone with good skin to match. Really enjoyed it.

Good insight

Very well elaborates on the back story with plenty of good bits and pieces and fils in some gaps but also leave you wanting more

Amos Burton

Great story about a mysterious character of the Expanse!…and of course Jefferson was brilliant!

Entertaining but Unnecessary

some characters with a mysterious past are better left mysterious, and most of this we already knew, if you read or listened to Babylon's Ashes. It also doesn't really do much to flesh out Amos, except for how he went from "Timothy" to "Amos Burton"