The Expanse #4
The Expanse series, Issue 4
Corinna Sara Bechko and James S. A. Corey (creators), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon
BOOM! Studios
Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi
**** (Good)
DESCRIPTION: On both Luna and Mars, the two-woman investigation into a system-wide ring of criminal corruption has struck a nerve with someone - someone willing to murder a high-profile (if faded) politician like Chrisjen Avasarala and unafraid of former Martian Marine Roberta "Bobbie" Draper. Rescued in the nick of time, Chrisjen wonders if perhaps she's sacrificed too much and stepped too far over the line... and, when her husband Arjun calls from Earth, she realizes what her commitment may be costing her. On Mars, Bobbie makes a horrifying discovery.
This series takes place between Seasons 4 and 5 of the Amazon Prime series The Expanse, based on the books by James S. A. Corey.
REVIEW: The fourth installment of this interlude series wraps things up (well, at least partially; it wraps up the character arcs, though the criminal network itself lives on into Season 5 of the show.) The two women each have gone further than they intended, but then the conspiracy they're investigating is vast on a scale they still can't quite comprehend, unprecedented in scope and scale and sheer audacity of purpose. This conspiracy is too big and too dark for them to stop on their own, but what choice do they have but pursue their investigation to the bitter end? Chrisjen's storyline has some extra poignancy given events in the show's fifth season, a moment lost and path not taken that she will come to deeply regret, while Bobbie's commitment to her changing, dying world only grows stronger. I'm still not completely a fan of the art style, but it does the job. Again, I'm pretty sure I would've enjoyed all four episodes more if I'd waited to read them in a complete volume, but the free library-associated digital lending site hoopla only offered them as singletons as of this review, and you really can't say no to free. (Well, yes, technically you can, but in this case I couldn't.)
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