The vital abyss is a novella in the expanse series it was announced on 15 may 2015 1 with the working title the necessary abyss and was released on october 15th 2015 2 the story is told through a combination of present day events from the characters point of view as well as flashbacks to events that take place prior to and during leviathan wakes. The vital abyss is a novella that expands the world of james s a coreys new york times bestselling expanse series now a prime original tv 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. A novella set in the hard scrabble world of james s a coreys 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 novella or maybe really more of a novelette is one of several that the authors of the expanse series have written fleshing out the minor characters and events that were mostly off screen in the main novels the vital abyss is a sort of a prequel to the series filling in some backstory in the opening we are introduced to the main character who as a first person narrator describes being imprisoned in some station somewhere by martians we dont immediately know why he and his . Main the vital abyss an expanse novella the vital abyss an expanse novella james s a corey volume 55 year 2015 language english series the expanse file epub 118 kb send to kindle or email please login to your account first need help please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle save for later you may be interested in powered by rec2me strange dogs corey