Review: Auberon

Auberon by James S.A. Corey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Auberon is certainly one of the more interesting pieces of short fiction coming out of the Expanse. The pacing, prose, and general themes of the novella are all fairly well conceived and executed. It even has an added bonus of including a side character we haven't seen in a while, but, to be fair, most have probably mostly forgotten about. Creating a perfect "Oh yeah, that guy" moment when it finally dawns on you.

It's, of course, not really important to the main series and might as well not exist aside from being a good piece of short fiction. Honestly, it could even be read outside the Expanse without much issue. There are enough common threads that even a decent reader could piece together much of it. The containment of its plot and scope is its blessing but, in some ways, a curse as well.

I'll get more into the last bit when I review the short collection as a whole later on. I have thoughts.

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