A scientific expedition has disappeared in trackless space, and only the ‘Lost Planet’ agency has a shot at finding them and rescuing the grandson of Shasti Rainhell, secret ruler of Olympia. And so it is that star-pilot Wrik Trigardt and his female android partner Maauro, set off for uncharted stars while enemies known and unknown bar their path. Wrik and the ancient artificial intelligence ‘Maauro’ have formed the Lost Planet Agency which is commissioned by Shasti Rainhell, greatest creation of the genetic engineers of Olympia, to find her grandson, missing with an expedition seeking the fabled Lost Colony of the first humans to leave the Sol System. But the Confederacy is wracked by enemies within and without and many would just as soon see the lost remain so. Wrik’s spaceship, Stardust, lifts for uncharted stars and unknown perils. The third book in Edward McKeown’s The Maauro Chronicles, and set in the same universe as the Robert Fenaday/Shasti Rainhell stories, THE LOST continues Maauro and Wrik’s ongoing adventures as they discover secrets others dare not seek.Do Androids Dream of Giant Robots, Alien Smugglers, Galactic Heroes, and Alien War? Are they capable of Defeating Giant Robots? Can they learn to be human? Can an Android-Human Friendship transcend the differences between flesh and circuit? Freebooters from The Lost Planet Agency on a Secret Interstellar Mission travel to uncharted stars and unknown perils and Team up with an incredibly powerful Android Woman to find the lost grandson of one of the galaxy’s greatest heroes on a Mysterious Alien Planet known as the Fabled Lost Colony of First Humans. Rocket into this Science Fiction Spectacle of Sentient Races and High Adventure throughout The Milky Way Galaxy. Military Science Fiction Space Opera Artificial Intelligence Romance has never been more fun!

Three alien machines descend to the asteroid base of their enemies. The ensuing battle is short and savage. The lone survivor hopes either for rescue, or for another chance to engage its enemies. It will be a long wait… Wrik Trigardt ekes out a living in the Kandalor system with his small ship, Sinner. He is caught between his failed past and a grim present in service to the local crimelord, Dusko. An expedition to the Rift Asteroids promises better days, but when the well of time is disturbed no one can say what will surface. Set in the same universe as the Robert Fenaday/Shasti Rainhell stories, but decades later, My Outcast State begins a new cycle of exploration of Confederation Space.