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A review by paigedc
Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger
4.0
For fans of Project Hail Mary or anything by Andy Weir, this is a great space hostage story with lots of layers.
Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut, but an accident on the International Space Station reveals a plan she's had to remain on board when all other astronauts evacuate--essentially taking the ISS hostage for a specific purpose. Elsewhere, in the Amazonian jungle, a woman, a child, and a village are in crisis. The woman, Sonia, will do whatever she can and call in whatever contacts she has (including international astronauts) to help save these people.
As the Russian cosmonauts and Houston mission control try to compel Walli to return to Earth, conflicts rage in space and in the jungle that only Walli and Sonia can solve. It's a space heist unlike many others with a really enjoyable plot.
Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut, but an accident on the International Space Station reveals a plan she's had to remain on board when all other astronauts evacuate--essentially taking the ISS hostage for a specific purpose. Elsewhere, in the Amazonian jungle, a woman, a child, and a village are in crisis. The woman, Sonia, will do whatever she can and call in whatever contacts she has (including international astronauts) to help save these people.
As the Russian cosmonauts and Houston mission control try to compel Walli to return to Earth, conflicts rage in space and in the jungle that only Walli and Sonia can solve. It's a space heist unlike many others with a really enjoyable plot.