Precious Cargo

A Story from Birds of Prey

De: C.J. Box

Narrado por: Fred Berman, C.J. Box

From the Audible Originals anthology Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challenge comes this thrilling story of deceit and duplicity by New York Times best seller C.J. Box.

It starts with a stranger walking into a campsite, seemingly out of nowhere. It ends with that same stranger at the Denver airport. Along the way, he has acquired a prize that will be his salvation.

But the road to Easy Street can take unexpected turns. And the only certainty about a sure thing is that nothing is certain at all.

Watch for Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challenge, coming to Audible on Oct. 6, 2022.

Birds of Prey was created in partnership with International Thriller Writers (ITW).

©2022 C. J. Box (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.

Is that it?

Would have loved a novella or novel. Too short. Even for a short story. Ha

Precious Cargo

First time listening to anything by CJ Box. It was a good short story, will look for more by this author. Narration was excellent.

CJ Box never disappoints.

Narrator was great. Good short story. Gave a 4 for story as it kinda just stopped (as this review does). I guess a "short" can only go so far.

Short and sweet

I enjoyed the story. It was a quick book, but very well wrote. I would look forward to reading/listening to more by this author.

I’ll read anything from Box, thanks Audible

Was a nice surprise to see for free. I never buy anything under 7 hours, but I’ll take free!

Good performance, meh story

3.45 of 5 stars Precious Cargo by C.J. Box
Narrated by Fred Berman, intro by C.J. Box

Summary:
Starts out with people camping and things going very, very wrong for them. Then, the story cuts to the bad guy who stole something very valuable.

Additional Comments:
• It’s too short to get to know many of the characters. The only one you sort of get to know is the bad guy, and he’s not very likable.
• C.J. Box is a good writer. The Joe Pickett series is a lot of fun, but this short story just doesn’t satisfy on the same level. It’s probably about 5K words long and 42 minutes to read aloud.
• There’s no sense of justice here, just a terrible waste and a tragedy from several angles.
• It was free on audible plus, so I don’t feel like I lost anything by listening. Didn’t gain much either though.
• Narration was good. They always hire competent narrators and edit things well.

Conclusion:
If you need a super short tale, this is okay.

*Found on Audible Plus.

Short story

Even in his short stories, CJ Box captures my attention. I especially liked that Mr. Box gave an introduction to this story.
I would like to get in touch with this author and connect him with a guide who visits the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. I think it would be a great idea for a Cassie Dewell novel.

Too short

Too short, too simple. Not worth the time even though very short. Could have been a more in depth plot

Wish it was longer!

Great short story, and narrator - would really enjoy more like this but usually feel that way about Mr. Box’s stories

Hawk egg smuggler

A great quick listen, and an education hopefully this is true, about hawks and their value about a specific breed known for its speed. Very entertaining.