The Lost Planet

When an alien armada invades the Terran Republic, the fate of humanity depends on two young people: Glen, who doesn’t know how to be human, and Elise, who has never been on her own.

Starship pilot Glen Susa knows only the life of a slave. Forced into a life of crime by his alien master, Glen dreams of freedom, of fleeing the Regency, and of meeting a human girl. When he learns of the impending invasion, Glen breaks the chains of slavery and flies off to warn humanity.

Elise Rollins dreams of a normal life. Instead, she assists her father with his research into the fate of the long-vanished Progenitors, founders of the Regency. When her father discovers evidence of the invasion, Elise goes on the run to warn her people.

Chance brings Glen and Elise together, but their warnings come too late. Certain that the Terran Republic cannot defeat the armada, they set themselves a daunting task—solve the millennia-old mystery of the Progenitor’s disappearance and discover their lost homeworld…

Can Glen and Elise do the impossible before the Regency enslaves humanity?

If you love taut intrigue, unique alien cultures, and hair’s breadth escapes, you’ll love Henry Vogel’s modern take on the golden age of space opera.

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Reviews

This has old-style big-picture adventure, somewhat Heinleinian in flavor and alien-invasion tensions. I liked it!

Gregory Benford, Nebula Award-winning author

This is one of those books that will appeal to a wide range of fans. It has an old school feeling, but is very much at home with modern sci-fi and space operas as well. It also doesn’t suffer from being overly graphic, so that shouldn’t push readers away either. If you like space opera, or just books with great characters and lots of adventure, this is a book you should check out.

The Bookwyrm Speaks review

“The shades of Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson, James Schmitz and Andre Norton, Christopher Anvil and Keith Laumer must all be looking down approvingly on Henry Vogel’s THE LOST PLANET.  Its two bright, engaging and surprisingly tough protagonists, Glen and Elise, rollick across a palpably real galactic milieu stuffed with exotic aliens, nicely rendered worlds, and a suspenseful set of wartime maneuvers.  Toss in a lighthearted love story and some cosmic mysteries regarding the forerunner race known as the Progenitors, and you have a space opera that will enchant, excite and delight!”

Paul Di Filippo, author of RIBOFUNK and THE STEAMPUNK TRILOGY