The Churn
2014 • 75 pages

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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 Fathers

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9 primary books23 released books

#3.5 in The Expanse

The Expanse is a 23-book series with 9 primary works first released in 6 with contributions by James S. A. Corey.

#1
Leviathan Wakes
#1.5
The Butcher of Anderson Station
#2
Caliban's War
#2.5
Gods of Risk
#2.7
Drive
#3
Abaddon's Gate
#3.5
The Churn
#4
Cibola Burn
#5
Nemesis Games
#5.5
The Vital Abyss
#6
Babylon's Ashes
#6.5
Strange Dogs

Featured Series

9 primary books23 released books

#0.3 in The Expanse (Chronological)

The Expanse (Chronological) is a 23-book series with 9 primary works first released in 6 with contributions by James S. A. Corey and Steve Kenson.

#0.1
Drive
#0.3
The Churn
#0.5
The Butcher of Anderson Station
#1
Leviathan Wakes
#1.1
The Expanse Roleplaying Game
#2
Caliban's War
#2.5
Gods of Risk
#3
Abaddon's Gate
#4
Cibola Burn
#5
Nemesis Games
#5.5
The Vital Abyss
#6
Babylon's Ashes

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December 15, 2017

Good grief. This is the sort of shorter work that Corey puts out just to show off. “Yes, I can write hard sci-fi, but I can also effortlessly push out whatever other genre I feel like too.”

July 11, 2016

Kinda frightening to think what the research was like, preparing the details for this story. Happy I don't live in this world.

November 3, 2019