A sci-fi story of James, a young vagabond who thought it would be easy money to work his way across the galaxy on an old freighter.

A shortcut through an unmapped system doesn't go to plan and James and the lion-like alien Crit find themselves fighting for their lives on an inhospitable alien planet.

And Crit's species are consummate carnivores.

Chapter 4:

Stranded in deep space on a ship still poised to blow, James and Crit scramble to make it to the nearby planet.

They don't know what's down there, or have any way of geting back, but it beats dying in the Sirius.

Comments and critiques are welcome.