{"product_id":"casindra-lost-paradisi-chronicles-paperback","title":"Casindra Lost: Paradisi Chronicles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarti Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"there's a difference between being a loner and being alone\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 3.5 year mission from which they'll never return, a 2.5 million lightyear journey to another galaxy, a 1.5 member crew comprising a solitary captain and a half-baked AI... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaptain Sideris is a loner and knows LETO ships like nobody else, having risen to command the Lunar-Earth construction fleet, as they build ships to mine asteroids and colonize Mars. Suddenly he finds the colonization effort is for another planet, in another galaxy, and he's the sole human guinea pig being gated through a wormhole with an AI playing Noah to LETO SS \u003cem\u003eCasindra'\u003c\/em\u003es ark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything goes well as he starts to survey four planets they plan to exploit, as he gets to know emergent AI 'Al', as he discovers he's building a special relationship with empathic cat 'Simba'. Problem is message drones gated home are not being returned per protocol, with little explanation, no supplies, and some cryptic and disturbing messages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis full length novel reminiscent of Clarke and Asimov is set in the multi-author multi-genre \u003cem\u003eParadisi\u003c\/em\u003e universe. \u003cem\u003eCasindra Lost\u003c\/em\u003e opens the \u003cem\u003eLost Missions Series\u003c\/em\u003e which explains what happened to some of the early missions that underlie the various Paradisi colonization and post-colonization stories. Welcome to the \u003cem\u003eParadisi Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not Alice down the rabbithole, but Sideris down the wormhole. And that's just the start of the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not the old man and the sea, more like the old man and the galaxy. The enemy is not a whale, but a whale of an asteroid... And that's the start of another story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWord to the Wise: This is the \u003cem\u003eLost Missions Series\u003c\/em\u003e. So it's not really a cliffhanger ending when the missions end up, you know, lost! For those that are familiar with the \u003cem\u003eParadisi Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e universe already, this series fills in backstory to the earlier books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eCasindra Lost\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMoraturi Lost \u003c\/em\u003etake us on two different ships as they commence their mission, and each is the start of a separate arc, arcs that take several books to resolve. But the stories are not independent, and intertwine in a multitude of ways - still you can read either arc independently, starting either one and picking up the other later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eCasindra Lost\u003c\/em\u003e won the Gold Medal in Science Fiction in the 2021 \u003cem\u003eGlobal Book Awards for Self-Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMoraturi Lost\u003c\/em\u003e won Silver in Science Fiction\/Adventure as well as a Red Ribbon from \u003cem\u003eThe Wishing Shelf Book Awards\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMoraturi Ring\u003c\/em\u003e won Silver for Science Fiction Series in the 2021 \u003cem\u003eGlobal Book Awards.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you enjoyed \u003cem\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/em\u003e, and were looking for something better than \u003cem\u003eAd Astra\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCasindra Lost \u003c\/em\u003eis for you!\" - Guy Wheatley, \u003cem\u003eAmazon Reviewer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This was like a glimps into the future, we will someday be taking similar missions. I would call this a must read for sci-fi fans.\" - K. N., \u003cem\u003eAmazon Reviewer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53125534843187,"sku":"9798223141938","price":50.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/okivP2igxh9798223141938.webp?v=1773255864","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/casindra-lost-paradisi-chronicles-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}