Cargo Hold 4

By: Lonnie Busch

Narrated by: Patricia Shade

Five years into a multi-decade deep space mission, a team of eight scientists—four women, four men—explore a dwarf planet near the Kuiper Belt, loading soil samples, rocks and artifacts onto their spaceship, Gretel. Inadvertently, they bring aboard a stowaway, an unseen entity which has grown exponentially in a very short time, and is trying desperately to escape from Cargo Hold 4.

The ungodly howling, hammering and screeching coming from the hold on Gretel becomes unbearable, affecting the crew's sleep and work cycles, and threatens the integrity of the ship itself. Captain Desna knows they must take action to survive, but is unsure how to get the alien life form off the ship. To learn more about the disruptive organism, she decides to execute a dangerous spacewalk. However, she is the only one small enough to enter the exterior purge vent leading into Cargo Hold 4.

Battling her cumbersome spacesuit within the claustrophobic vent tube, and running low on oxygen, Desna finally manages to edge herself close enough to the small intake opening to glimpse their unwelcome visitor ... and can't get her mind to accept what her eyes are seeing.

©2024 Lonnie Busch (P)2024 Lonnie Busch

Excellent Science Fiction

I was entertained by this story. As the story unfolded, I started to feel like I was living with the scientists on the spaceship. In my opinion, the story was thought-provoking as I wondered what I would have done if I had actually been there with the scientists facing the issues that these characters were. I liked all the twists and turns. I thought Patricia Shade's narration was entertaining. I was given a copy of the audiobook. I volunteered, without financial gain, to post this review which reflected my honest opinions regarding this audiobook.

Space Exploration and the Unseen Entity

I really enjoyed listening to this book it was full of drama, intrigue, and suspense. If you love books on space exploration and unearthly beings I highly recommend this book. The ending will absolutely blow your mind because you won't see it coming. I received this book for free upon my request. I am leaving this honest and unbiased review here of my own volition.

WELL...

I GOT A FREE COPY OF THIS IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. I TRY NOT TO LEAVE POOR REVIEWS. ITS REALLY GOOD WRITING AND THE PREMISE SOUNDED GOOD. MY PROBLEM IS ITS VERY EXPLICIT. SOME PEOPLE WARN A READER AND ITS APPRECIATED.