Gods of Risk

by James S. A. Corey

eBook, 68 pages

Published April 13, 2012 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-21765-1

(18 reviews)

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. Set in the hard-scrabble solar system of Leviathan Wakes and Caliban's War, "Gods of Risk" deepens James S. A. Corey's acclaimed Expanse series.

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Jakers reviewed Gods of Risk by James S. A. Corey (The Expanse, #2.5)

I liked it, but I more like what it does for the setting

4 stars

Don't get me wrong, the story is great. It's almost like an episode of Breaking Bad set in space. But there's something small about it that means it's more of a diversion from the story I have been reading

But that's okay! This was almost like a William Gibson short set in a hard sci-fi space epic. For a little while, you can forget the protomolecule, the ring, the stars. Forget everything and there's just this little story on Mars where the stakes aren't as high, but they kind of are in their own way.

Also, it gave me more Gunny Draper and that's the hallmark of most of my favorite Expanse moments.