How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches collection)

Content levels

Trigger warnings

Positive tags

Hero archetypes

Protagonist archetypes

Tropes

Themes

Synopsis

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhilarating short story by James S. A. Corey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Expanse series. Roy Court and his crew are taking the trip of a lifetime—several lifetimes in fact—duplicated and dispatched across the galaxies searching for Earthlike planets. Many possibilities for the future. Yet for Roy, no matter how many of him there are, there’s still just one painful, unchangeable past. In what world can a broken relationship be reborn? The universe is so vast, there’s always room for hope. James S. A. Corey’s How It Unfolds is part of The Far Reaches , a collection of science-fiction stories that stretch the imagination and open the heart. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

Tags

Is How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches collection) appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A thoughtful, introspective science fiction short story about an astronaut duplicated across multiple missions dealing with personal regret and relationship loss. No violence or explicit content, focuses on emotional journey.