The Lost Intelligence (Lost Starship Series Book 12) Kindle Edition

In "The Lost Intelligence," author Vaughn Heppner returns to one of his favorite themes — demonstrating the potential dangers of artificial life. In fact, he's got an entirely separate series of sci-fi novels fixated on that same thing. In Captain Maddox's case, however, the technology angle isn't so overt. There's this character working behind the scenes to thwart the combined influences of humanity's various factions. It's an intelligence that refers to itself as Nostradamus, and it's surprisingly good at influencing people to help it achieve its means. The intelligence comes from ancient technology with Builder roots. Builders are a reportedly extinct race of super-intelligent beings who left behind scraps of technology that often assist rather than detract from the goals of mankind. This Nostradamus evidently awoke as the result of past nefarious dealings that Star Watch and its top agent have had to deal with. Maddox doesn't have much to go on, like usual, other than his gut. When a starship appears without explanation, the captain determines it to be a potential threat and initiates conflict that results in its destruction. Star Watch leadership takes a dim view of the situation, and it causes Maddox and his crew to get on the wrong side of the agency's new administration. What unfolds is classic Heppner, hard-boiled action and mystery. He introduces really reprehensible antagonists that make this one of the more fun in the series. The ending is highly satisfying.

Every book builds on the universe and he keeps it changing and engaging! Can't wait for the next book! Keep it coming!

Captain Maddox continues to charge into the unknown, unwavering in the belief that his abilities and de-fur understanding would carry him through.

Another great book in this series.Now I'll teach you how to speed read this books and most likely the rest.. Those of us who have gotten this far know all the characters history and what happened in past books. The author attempts to not only book his books interesting which they are to extreme but ALSO be attempts to m as me each book a stand alone by repeating over and over and over what happened in ALL the previous books so as soon as you see a reflection on the author's part of the characters doing this just skip to the next page and if exceptionally long winded two pages. This way you will not only not glaze over ,you will not miss a thing .

Love this series always good thanks for writing these! And 11 more words are needed so I had type one. there.

This was a wild, far ranging story that beggars the imagination. At times enjoyable and at others a stretch. His venture into the spirit realm doesn't fit with true science fiction.

There is a variety in life forms. The humans believe that earth is the originally location for their lives. There are a variety of other life forms that evolved on other planets in the great expanse of the universe. Each species varied in level of functions. Some are newly created, others have outlived theirs. The real understanding of life, cognitive functions, and ability to understand each other. The humans from earth expend great effort to survive and continue to accept or remove others.This series has been fascinating to read. I anticipate further stories adding more diversity.

From the last volume, we knew there were new challenges ahead and its revelations provide some new motivation for Maddox as he faces the Commonwealth's most subversive threat yet. Fast paced, few distractions, hardly any side stories, this installment has less relationship building and only the bad guys get thorough character development. If you've read the previous stories, it's not a problem. It may be me but there seemed to be a few grammatical errors that could have easily been corrected with a little attention. Are authors and publishers that rushed, lazy, or what? Of course, one could find much worse out there than this work. If you're a fan, it's a must read.

Not quite as good as previous books in the series but they all can't be stellar. Looking forward the the next installment in the Maddox journey..

Most threats Maddox and his crew have faced have been external. The new men, the destroyers, the builders, the androids and the bugs. This time it's a threat from within. This series has also been heavily packed with intrigue and this entry is no different. Political commissars and a fragmented intelegence organisation is only the start. As this is an internal conflict the battles aren't faught with antimatter and heavy beams but with assassination squads and operatives. Still fast paced and the characters are still the ones readers of this series have grown to know and love. One little problem, I think this entry may have been rushed out as it had a higher degree of errors than the usual. I'm interested to find out what happens next. Considering what happened and the intentions of the infiltrator's for conquest did Starwatch engage in a shipbuilding expansion? What if any response would such a military buildup have on the New Men? Where is Lisa Myers? What is she up to?

Great series! Good story lines and exciting characters. I thoroughly enjoyed this series, and look forward to more from Vaughn Heppner.

This has been a good to great series. Please continue if you think there’s m0re to make us readers eat it.

What a great series no sooner one book and looking forward to starting the next one, please continue to write more for this series . 👍