As a child in Baltimore, Timothy worked for a criminal called Amos Burton.
Eventually, Amos deemed Erich a liability and ordered Timothy to kill him.
Instead, Timothy killed Amos Burton.
Timothy assumed his victim’s identity as a means of living a life without the burden of his crime.
From then on, Timothy became Amos, a spacefaring mechanic who eventually joins the crew of the Rocinante.
Before this, Amos was a frightened boy named Timothy who had to deal with people treating him poorly.
After becoming Amos Burton, though, he began to live a different life entirely.
Earth was never kind to Timothy, yet Amos was respected and lived an exciting life among the stars.
This is what the name change inThe Expansesignifies.
In taking on the name of Amos for himself, the character started the beginning of his self-invention.
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