A nice quick background story on Fred from the expanse series. We learn more about why he was called the butcher of Anderson station and how it all happened that made him into the guy (OPA leader?) he is in the series.
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I did not expect to love this one, because it was Fred's story, and I was going to read it because reading it meant I would have read all the novellas. Which, if you know me, I'm a completist even in book series I don't love, so in ones I'm currently enamored with? Yeah. This was a no brainer. It was going to happen.

But I so never, never, never saw how they would twist this one. How they would make it make sense, and change my entire view point of who Fred was, and how he got into the position he did, why and where and who and how. All of it. It's another gorgeous unexpected plot twist made of realism and amazing. I recommend it to anyone who has read this series, and who wants to get into it. ( )

3.5 stars

Ha! That only took about 30 minutes to read, but I’m counting it. Do you hear me, Goodreads challenge? I’m counting it! I have bested you again!

But I joke.

But I count it.

Anyway, this short story was a decent backstory for Fred, although I’m pretty sure the TV show has revealed anything that would have been a big surprise here. I enjoyed seeing Anderson Dawes through Fred’s eyes for the first time, and the description of his remote control of the battle was interesting. I always like this writing team’s work. ( )

Þetta er smásaga sem kynnir Fred Johnson ofursta til sögunnar í Expanse heiminn. Þegar við kynnumst honum í ritröðinni sjálfri er hann þá þegar alræmdur sem Slátrari Anderson stöðvarinnar. Hér kynnumst við þeim atburðum og hvaða áhrif þeir höfðu á hann og ollu því að hann snérist í lið með andstæðingum Jarðar.
Expanse serían hefur notið mikilla vinsælda og gerður hefur verið samnefnd sjónvarpsþáttaröð sem á svo dyggan áhorfendakjarna að framleiðendum þáttanna hefur ekki enn tekist að drepa hana. :) ( )

The Authors recommend reading this after Leviathan Wakes and that's what I did, but it occurs before Leviathan Wakes and would have enhanced the character if I'd read it before. ( )