Can humanity survive on a new world? On Eos, the last survivors of the Long Winter face their greatest challenge yet--and race to unravel the deepest secrets of the grid. * * * The last survivors of the human race escaped a ruined Earth. Their new homeworld--Eos--seemed perfect at first. Warm. Hospitable. Safe from the grid. But everything isn't as it seems. The first colony of settlers--from the Carthage--have disappeared. Their settlement is still there, but everyone is gone. As James digs into the mystery of the lost colony, he discovers a series of spheres, buried on Eos. Are they the key to finding the lost colonists? Or are they responsible for their deaths? Just as James is unraveling the secrets of the spheres, a storm hits Jericho City. Emma, recently elected mayor, struggles to lead her people to safety while James tries to make his way home. In the middle of the chaos, a new danger emerges--a threat no one saw coming. With time running out to save the colonists, James and Emma face their hardest choice yet. ABOUT THE LOST COLONY The Lost Colony is the third and final book in The Long Winter trilogy, which began with Winter World and continued in The Solar War.
The Lost Colony
4.1
Sebastian
01/06/2021
Bravo, Bravo, Bravo! The conclusion to the Long Winter trilogy is nothing short of epic! A. G. Riddle's writing rivals J. R. R. Tolkien in its complexity and depth, a masterpiece of storytelling and world building. Honestly, this is the best piece of science-fiction I have read in, well, ever. It is detailed and scientifically informed enough to be absolutely believable, it has so much action, that your adrenalin levels hardly ever get a rest, it tackles life's great (philosophical) questions and, most importantly, like any great story, it is at its heart about people. The world Riddle builds is so juicy, and detailed, you can easily feel yourself inside it. The imagination flowing from his pen is sheer endless. I am the type of person that has watched, read or listened to all the major stories already... I usually understand what the ending will be about half way through. Here I did guess the origin of the grid some hours before we got to the explanation, but I couldn't have fathomed the complexity and imagination that went into embedding and explaining this reveal. Simply marvelous! This book can be read as a type of fast-paced space opera focussing on the action, but it can also make you tackle life's essential and big questions, such as: Why are we here? How important is our existence? What really counts in life? Or how does this freakin Universe actually work? âşď¸ It seriously has been the best piece of Sci-Fi I l've read ever. Bravo again!