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Lost Planet Homicide

Written by: Larry Correia
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
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A lost colony planet, a perplexing murder, and a dogged homicide cop in this Audible Original story from best-selling author Larry Correia.

When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep into uncharted space. A thousand light years from Earth, with no way home and no way to call for help, the colonists’ only hope for survival was the one barely habitable planet in range, a nightmare world they named Croatoan. Landing on the only five mountain peaks tall enough to rise above the lethal acid clouds, the settlers carved a civilization from the rock.

A hundred years later, Five Points has grown into a city of corruption and violence. With powerful corporations ruling the surface domes and criminal syndicates running the caverns below, murder is just the cost of doing business.

So when a Special Magistrate is found dissolving in a protein vat, it barely registers - until DCI Lutero Cade, the last honest cop in Five Points, catches the case. What he finds could threaten the colony’s very existence.

Or, at the very least, Cade himself.

©2021 Larry Correia (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC. Science Fiction
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interesting character made brilliant by the narrator. you can picture the main guy as a beat up stubborn cop with he first sentence he speaks. 5 stars

interesting character made brilliant

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I had no idea sci-fi noir was a thing until this novella pulled me in completely. Correia packs an entire world into a slim page count — a hard-boiled detective atmosphere transplanted into a gritty science fiction future, anchored by an overarching mystery that keeps the tension taut throughout.

What impresses most is how efficiently the worldbuilding works. The colony's dynamics, its dangers, and its shadowy undercurrents all feel lived-in and real without a single moment of clunky exposition. Correia trusts the reader, and it pays off.

It's a masterclass in compact storytelling, and it's left me eager to explore Gun Runner and the rest of the Lost Planet Homicide series. If you enjoy noir atmosphere with a science fiction edge, this is a very easy recommendation.

Sci-Fi Noir Done Right in One Novella

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