I finished this one back at the end of March and tragically some of the details are getting a little fuzzy. Notably, this is the first of the series that isn't a reread.
In the first book, the protomolecule ends up on Venus which leads to a mysterious protomolecule craft that sets up a big ring on the edge of the solar system. To the crew of the Rocinante, that big ring seemed like a whole universe of trouble and after all they'd been through it felt like a good time to lay low. So they flee to the exact opposite side of the solar system. They are about as far away as they can get from the thing.
Of course, events conspire to thwart their good intentions. Mars decides to contest the ownership of the Rocinante which means it's grounded until the ownership can be resolved. A documentary crew offers to pay their legal fees which is how the Rocinante ends up heading to the mysterious big ring while being followed around by cameras.
This is also the book with the Clarissa Mao plot line which greatly benefited from a close POV that revealed her thinking and experience.
This season of The Expanse was full of things that didn't quite make sense such as how did the film crew end up on the Rocinante? Or why does Amos call Clarissa Mao, Peaches? There were more. The best thing about reading the book is that a lot of those weird little details were explained.
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