Gods of Risk

An Expanse Novella

By: James S. A. Corey

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

A novella set in the hard-scrabble world of James S. A. Corey's New York Times best-selling Expanse series, Gods of Risk tells the story of Bobbie Draper following the events of Caliban's War.

Hugo Award Winner for Best Series

As tension between Mars and Earth mounts, and terrorism plagues the Martian city of Londres Nova, 16-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

• Leviathan Wakes
• Caliban's War
• Abaddon's Gate
• Cibola Burn
• Nemesis Games
• Babylon's Ashes
• Persepolis Rising
• Tiamat's Wrath
• ​Leviathan Falls
• Memory's Legion

The Expanse Short Fiction

• Drive
• The Butcher of Anderson Station
• Gods of Risk
• The Churn
• The Vital Abyss
• Strange Dogs
• Auberon
• The Sins of Our Fathers

©2012 James S. A. Corey (P)2021 Orbit

Enjoyable sideshow to the Expanse

Think of this as a side quest story to The Expanse main storyline. Very enjoyable but doesn’t mean much for the rest of the story. Would recommend for fans of the series.

A decent side story but not necessary to the main plot of the series

It was a quick background on the Draper family and the mars society but Bobbie is not the main focus of the story

The subtle elegant beauty of the psychology

Another great story, and I love how the characters are so deep and believable, how they evolve.

Someone forgot Bobbie’s accent

The only thing I did not like in this audiobook was Jefferson Mayes performance of Bobbie Draper. In Caliban’s War his performance of Bobbie had a healthy amount of southern drawl to her accent. In this performance there is barely a hint and it really breaks the fantasy setting.

Good short

Good short expands well on or we already know it’s a little more in depth

Enjoyable

Interesting story. Engaging characters. Great voice narration. Short for keeping me entertained during yard work.

expanse short

a good short story. enjoyed it internal of generations was cool. ila coming off age story to boot

wasn't what I expected

this is a great novela but the ending was not what I expected. plus I feel like the show past season 1 didn't even use the books at all. whoever was in charge of the show seriously sucked at their job

meh i know its 2 hrs but you can do better

soso dont waste mo ey or credits on this 2 hr book just my feelings

Unnecessary addition

Did not get pulled into this story much at all. I wonder if the payoff comes in after reading the third book. Seems like these additional novellas are just additional background on a character.