Gods of Risk: An Expanse Novella (Expanse, #2.5)

by James S. A. Corey

Gods of Risk is a novella that expands the world of James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series - now a Prime Original TV series.

As tension between Mars and Earth mounts, and terrorism plagues the Martian city of Londres Nova, sixteen-year-old David Draper is fighting his own lonely war. A gifted chemist vying for a place at the university, David leads a secret life as a manufacturer for a ruthless drug dealer. When his friend Leelee goes missing, leaving signs of the dealer's involvement, David takes it upon himself to save her. But first he must shake his aunt Bobbie Draper, an ex-marine who has been set adrift in her own life after a mysterious series of events nobody is talking about.

The Expanse series:
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban's War
Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
Persepolis Rising
Tiamat's Wrath

Praise for the Expanse:

'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books

'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com

'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com

'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal

'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal

'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow

• ISBN10: 0316217654
• ISBN13: 9780316217651
• Publish Date: 15 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Orbit
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[adastra]

Well that was a nice excursion into Bobbie's family, but still not too convinced by these novellas

[clq]

I really liked this short story. A words that comes to mind to describe it is "cute", which I realise can be a loaded word, but this story is cute in a very good way.

It's mostly and exposition of teenage angst, but it's very well done teenage angst, with enough action and personal drama interspersed to make it quite an entertaining read. It's a little on the short side, even for a short story, but the length seems about exactly right to tell this nugget of a story.

Anyway, the only way anyone is going to, or should, read this is if they have already read the first couple of books in the Expanse Series, and if they have, reading this story as part of the series is a bit of a no-brainer. It expands on the universe nicely, and gives a bit more colour to the already extremely colourful universe that is The Expanse.

[remo]

Historia corta relacionada con la Sargento Bobby Draper, que tiene lugar tras Caliban's War, dentro del universo de The Expanse. Trata sobre su sobrino David, los líos en que anda metido y, de trasfondo, el ambiente enrarecido y prebélico entre Marte y la Tierra. Es una historia entretenida que no tiene mucho más. Bobby tiene su minuto de gloria y con eso basta.