{"product_id":"book-200f","title":"Cakewalk to Gloryanna","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaptain Hannah has hauled strange cargoes across the galaxy, but nothing could have prepared him for the living nightmare hidden inside a shipment of priceless marocca plants. What begins as a lucrative delivery quickly becomes an exhausting ordeal involving exploding growth cycles, swarms of maddening insects, bizarre ecological dependencies, and a ship that seems determined to fight him every step of the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold as a hilarious tale of interstellar commerce gone horribly wrong, Cakewalk to Gloryanna is packed with inventive biological speculation and escalating disasters. Every solution creates a new problem. Every victory uncovers another hidden complication. As Hannah struggles to keep both himself and his cargo alive, the story transforms into a wonderfully absurd contest between one increasingly battered captain and an ecosystem that refuses to cooperate with human plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Wesley combines sharp humor with imaginative science fiction in a story that delights in the unintended consequences of moving alien life from one world to another. Long before ecological concerns became a common science-fiction theme, this story explored the dangers of tampering with complex living systems while delivering plenty of laughs along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Wesley published a small number of science fiction stories during the 1950s. Though not a prolific author, he demonstrated a talent for combining scientific speculation with comedy, creating stories that remain entertaining because they focus on practical problems rather than grand heroics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67356407562544,"sku":"BD200f","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/200f-Square-cover.png?v=1783743300","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-200f","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}