Review of Lost Cargo by P. A. Cornell
P. A. Cornell’s Lost Cargo (Mocha Memoirs Press, 2022) is an exciting sci-fi novella with elements of thrillers and personal horror. The shorter length makes the stakes high for the characters but also gives it a nicely compact feeling.
Parker and five other survivors crash land on a terraformed moon in a one-in-a-million odds accident. They’re fortunate that they landed somewhere with a breathable atmosphere, but they’re unfortunate because of the megafauna that make that moon home, in the absence of human colonists. To make matters worse, the computer assistant is on the fritz, making their odds of survival low. And all of the characters have things they’re running from or toward as they try to make their way to the base camp where they can get a message out to let people know where they’ve landed.
The story, told from Parker’s point of view, has loads of tension as the survivors deal with one another and the dangers the moon presents. Each of the survivors have moments when they shine, and all of the characters are very believable. The setting features numerous unusual elements, though they work together as a cohesive whole and are perfect for this alien world where the survivors find themselves.
If you like novellas with elements of Lost (without the cosmological weirdness) and the Jurassic Park series, you should check out Lost Cargo!
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