The Vital Abyss
An Expanse Novella
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4.1 • 408 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A novella set in the hard-scrabble world of James S. A. Corey's NYT-bestselling Expanse series, The Vital Abyss is the secret history of the cataclysmic events that occurred on Eros station, and the revelation of what came after. . . 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
Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a group of prisoners lives in permanent captivity.
The only company they have is each other and the Belters who guard them. The only stories they know are the triumphs and crimes that brought them there. The only future they see is an empty life in an enormous room.
And then the man from Mars came along . . .
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
Customer Reviews
Short and to the point
Provided some good background information to the overall series/story.
Side Story of a Thoth Station Researcher
This Expanse Novella tells the story of Dr. Cortazar, who was one of the Protogen researchers on Thoth Station. The novella tells the back story of his rise from a life of basic income on Earth, to go to University in Tel Aviv and eventually become one of the researchers who were overseeing the release of the protomolecule on Eros Station.
This was an interesting if bleak look into one of the darker parts of the Expanse story. It does explain how a person can choose to loose their conscience in a series of steps that lead to doing monstrous things in the name of science. It tells what happens to a brilliant but broken mind that totally lacks empathy and concern after everything falls apart.