Character from The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
Baltimore criminal boss and Amos's oldest friend from their shared brutal childhood. Helps Amos survive when the asteroid strikes devastate Earth, repaying old debts in a dying city.
Erich and Amos grew up in the same hellish Baltimore underground — child exploitation, violence, survival at any cost. While Amos escaped to space, Erich stayed and built a criminal empire. They share the bond of people who survived the unsurvivable together, which means they understand each other in ways nobody else can. When Marco's asteroids hit Earth, Baltimore is devastated. Amos goes back for Clarissa and runs into Erich, who has pivoted from crime boss to community organizer because in a disaster, those skill sets overlap. Erich provides logistics, muscle, and local knowledge. He's not a good person by any conventional measure, but he protects his people with fierce loyalty. His relationship with Amos is built on mutual recognition — they're both products of a system that should have destroyed them.
Stocky man with one withered arm from a birth defect, which he compensates for with cunning and a network of loyal enforcers. Street-worn face, sharp eyes that read angles and leverage in every interaction. Dresses in whatever passes for power in post-apocalyptic Baltimore — scavenged quality goods that signal status.
Also known as: Erich