The Lost Task Force

Lost Starship Series, Book 18

De: Vaughn Heppner

Narrado por: Mark Boyett

Duración: 13 h y 23 m

Resumen del Editor

Task Force 3 is Star Watch’s elite deployment unit against any surprise threats to the Commonwealth.

A mysterious enemy appears 40.7 light years from Earth. Task Force 3 deploys but fails to defend a populated planet against a massive alien Annihilator. Then the task force is sucked through a rip in the space-time continuum, disappearing with the enemy.

This is a nightmare situation. How do you defend against an evil that can appear anywhere and uses technologies beyond our comprehension?

The crew of Victory is ordered to find the answers, and if possible rescue the lost task force.

Captain Maddox, Valerie, and Galyan face their most horrific and mind-numbing challenge yet, crossing boundaries they didn’t know existed.

The Lost Task Force is book 18 in the Lost Starship series, a multiverse-spanning saga of deadly space war and planetary struggles as told by millions-best-selling author Vaughn Heppner.

©2022 Vaughn Heppner (P)2023 Vaughn Heppner

Religious beliefs of the main character

I find the people who complain about the main characters religious beliefs pretty intolerant and tedious. The religious mentions are very minimal and if you don’t like them, skip ahead. That way, you can listen to some of the beliefs the aliens have about their creators. This is a book of fiction and nobody is preaching their beliefs to you. This is just the beliefs of a fictitious character you intolerant busy bodies who have nothing better to do than complain about petty concerns. These books are awesome!!

Generally awesome with a caveat

I greatly appreciate the Lost Starship series; however, I find it increasingly wearisome to encounter the frequent inclusion of Bible and Christianity references within the narrative. Given the series' resolute science fiction nature, these religious allusions appear incongruous with the overarching themes and events depicted. As the characters delve deeper into the enigmatic aspects of the universe and its origins, it is only natural for them to question the existence of a creator or similar forces based on the contextual information presented. Regrettably, the author's endeavors to interweave certain characters' references to a Christian God and the Bible feel conspicuously heavy-handed and contrived. This intrusion disrupts the suspension of disbelief and creates the perception that the author is overtly advocating his personal religious convictions, rather than allowing the characters to harbor credible beliefs that arise organically from their respective contexts and circumstances.

Always an excellent story.

Excellent book series. In the last book, the thought of Maddax training people to take his place seems like a good choice.

Don’t miss out!

The best of the books so far. There is a twist I know it will blow you away especially if you have all the audio books..

Vaughn Heppner knocked it out of the park with this one!

It takes a certain type of writer after 18 books to make a story so fresh and character growth so satisfying. I hope there will be another 18 books to come. I think this book stands out as one of my favorites among the series.

On a side note I have read some reviewers complaining about Christian references. I am glad the author has the fortitude to do this and not make his universe Godless.
To the reviewers that complain, I ask where is your tolerance of other beliefs that you do not hold. It is easy to say the mantra of tolerance but when you ask the Author to stop reflecting something that he wanted in his characters just because they do not align with your belief... you show that your tolerance is really an ugly form of intolerance.

In the literary medium I had encountered words and beliefs that do not align to my own but I have never asked the Author to self censor. I believe thee literary platform should be open to many ideas and the reader can reject by deciding not to buy the book. There should be freedom of speech and freedom of ideas.

Ok standing down from my soapbox. This is a 10 star book and I only have 5 stars to give!

As always

I amna true fan and wish this can go on for a long time

Another great story in the series

It’s another great story in the series (i’ve listened to all the previous books). I love the voice characterizations that the narrator provides.

great continuation of story line

all around a great read. with so many books in this series I'm impressed it stays fresh.

Running out of gas

Have enjoyed the series as solid escapism with interesting characters. Starting noticing a lot of repetitive scenarios a few books back, but now it's becoming tedious. Also, writing is tending towards laziness and it's more difficult to suspend disbelief while reading (a super intelligent AI would say "goo monster"?). Also, there's some weird incongruent moments injected, almost like a pastor on a censor board said "you should inject a group prayer here." ... just odd. The narration continues to be top notch however ... kudos there.

getting old

I have listened from the beginning but I've finally had enough. he repeats over and over and over the characters whine and complain "no I'm in charge do as I command" they do dumb things that contradict any other sci-fi book. if he killed all the characters and started over that would be best. I end up skipping over much of the book as stating the obvious in the same book over and over again makes me think he believes the readers are morons or just fluffing the pages to extend the book