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Ten thousand years ago, a single alien super-ship survived a desperate battle. The vessel's dying crew set the AI on automatic to defend the smashed rubble of their planet. Legend has it the faithful ship continues to patrol the empty battlefield, obeying its last order throughout the lonely centuries.

In the here and now, Earth needs a miracle. Out of the Beyond invade the New Men, stronger, faster and smarter than the old. Their superior warships and advanced technology destroy every fleet sent to stop them. Their spies have infiltrated the government and traitors plague Earth's military.

Captain Maddox of Star Watch Intelligence wonders if the ancient legend could be true. Would such an old starship be able to face the technology of the New Men? On the run from killers, Maddox searches for a group of talented misfits. He seeks Keith Maker, a drunken ex-strikefighter ace, Doctor Dana Rich the clone thief stuck on a prison planet and Lieutenant Valerie Noonan, the only person to have faced the New Men in battle and survived to tell about it.

Maddox has to find a place hidden in the Beyond and bring back a ship no one can enter. If he fails, the New Men will replace the old. If he succeeds, humanity might just have a fighting chance...

©2014 Vaughn Heppner (P)2014 Vaughn Heppner
Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Solar System Technology Interstellar Highlander
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Would you listen to The Lost Starship again? Why?

I'm not sure if I'd listen to it again; but I did enjoy it. It has an interesting story, if a little obvious.

What didn’t you like about David Stifel’s performance?

Oh my God, the sole reason for my review.
This guy has clearly never been to Scotland; heard a Scottish accent or perhaps even knows where it is.
He is hilarious. The first 20 minutes of hearing his 'Scottish' accent has me roaring with laughter. It is truly bizarre..... I cannot believe that at some point someone didn't say to the guy - "hey, did you know that you really can't do Scottish?!"

Truly shocking. It's hilarious but it does grow weary.

Any additional comments?

I know they never will.... but it'd be a far better book if they redid the narration.

Decent Story, Hilarious Narration

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The narrator sounded like he was talking through a tin can, that took me out of the story. There were times in the story where there was little to no description, only to be thrown for a loop when their traits/personalities are further described at a later point. Hard book to get through, felt like a struggle most of the time.

TL;DR, Struggle to read, Don't assume anything, and you get left in the dark with some parts of the story.

Meh - Not the greatest or the worst read.

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OMG possibly the worst Scottish accent attempt I've ever heard, utterly off putting. story plot ok however

Accent performance

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Thoroughly enjoyable space romp and great fun. BUT why oh why did the narrator choose to do a "Scottish" accent for one of the characters? Given how it turned out I'm sure the author wouldn't have minded if the character had been from the Bronx but living in Glasgow. The accent is distractingly hilariously- in turns Irish, generic northern, Portuguese, Russian but almost never Scottish.

Why the scottish accent ?

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Any additional comments?

but not by much... however, once you get into the story with aliens, guns and action it's easier to forget it's really bad... and that you've paid for it...

persevere with it, it does improve...

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