Paradise Lost — Darren Hoyland

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Being completely unable to think of a sensible name for your space ship tends to be less of a problem when there's only one ship in the whole Human 'fleet', besides Alex Kaidan only ever really borrowed it. What could be more of a problem is Earth having been paved and only a few Humans surviving, and that was only thanks to the actions of a benevolent alien race known as the Un. Alex and his crew have made it their mission to find and rescue however many Humans they can that are being held captive by any of the alien races. A mission made all the more difficult by the sad truth that a catastrophically decimated population is not an employers' market.

In this episode, Alex's attempts to save a large group of imprisoned Humans from being slightly too comfortable goes horribly wrong when Sara Heath, a member of his crew, shoots and kills a man.

“Paradise Lost” is the first episode in season 1 of the science fiction series “Alex Kaidan”.

Reviews for the "Alex Kaidan" series:


Intelligently funny
5 stars
By Matt (6 Nov 2012)
"This is a well written first episode in what I hope becomes a long running series. Credit to the debut author for his easy to read writing style that should appeal to everyone" (Amazon.co.uk)


Excellent short story
(No rating given)
By Joe Newman (1 Dec 2012)
"Excellent short story. Looking forward to reading the next segment. Good job Darren!" (Smashwords.com)


Well written
4 stars
By Daniel6394 (8 Dec 2012)
"Well written. You certainly have a good sense of humor and your text is as promised light hearted. An unusual approach for sci fi, but it works." (Authonomy.com)


Recommend
4 stars
By Anonymous (7 Mar 2013)
"Interesting concept and characters. Nice touch of humor thrown in. A serial without everything being a cliffhanger. I look forward to more installments." (BN.com)