152 pages
Published 2022
Read from August 24 to August 25
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
For years now, I've wanted to read more books and stories from the indie authors I interact with through social media. (Mutuals, Rick. We call them mutuals.) I’ve wanted Lost Cargo for a while; I'm happy I was able to snap up a copy before it goes out of print next month.
A freak accident sends would-be space colonists spiraling off course, their pod crashing to the surface of an alien moon. Their only shot at rescue is to trudge to an abandoned camp once used by rich sport hunters. What the hunters used to come here to hunt, however, now stalks the survivors: genetically engineered monsters, superficially similar to dinosaurs.
Lost Cargo is a straightforward survival narrative, to which Cornell gives depth and emotional significance through gently opening up the narrator’s grief and loneliness. A worthwhile read, and motivation to work on my own long-form stories.
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