I read the other novellas and short stories in the Expanse series mostly because I'm an obsessive completionist. But you would definitely miss some things about the Expanse if you skipped them. Strange Dogs introduced Cortazar, who of course becomes very central. I don't think this book will introduce a character of that scale since the series is almost done, but it is an essential moral commentary on how people and systems would work at that scale. We've had Winston Duarte *thinking* he understood that problem, and creating a system where absolute control delivers healthy and satisfactory lives for most people. But absolute moral codes don't survive contact with reality, and boy is the ending a zinger of a way to deliver that. The outcome is in some ways telegraphed, but you really understand more about this universe by reading this novella. Daniel Abraham and Ty Frank really know how to write together.
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