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Lost on the Last Continent!

Posted January 13, 2020 By John C Wright

Brand new and hot off the press from Theogony Books!  The first third of Lost on the Last Continent is now live on paper and Kindle.

What do you do when you reach the end of all times?

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 105 Found on the Last Continent, is now posted.

Episode 105 EPILOGUE: Found on the Last Continent

It is farewell.

What happens hereafter to Colonel Lost, his bride he hopes to wed, the family he hopes to father, the commonwealth he hopes to found, the aircraft company he hopes to build, the garden he hopes to plant, or the heaven he hopes to reach, is not recorded in any posthistorical record.

With the shutting of the Gate of Eternity, and all power of time travel abolished, no whisper will ever reach us of what fate intends. His future, like our own, will remain unknown until the day it comes to pass.

Which is as it is meant to be.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 104 The Ghosts of the Future, is now posted.

Episode 104 The Ghosts of the Future

The penultimate episode!

When the Gate of Eternity opens, it will mean either utter failure for Colonel Lost, or else a victory so complete, that no battle like this need ever be fought again.

But what joy is there in triumph, or what sorrow in defeat, in the war for the fate of all the world and infinite time together, if a man cannot win the hand of his beloved?

And can he win, or should he, when his rival for this hand is his dearest friend?

The paradox of time travel is as nothing compared to the paradox of love!

Next week is the epilogue, dear readers, and our last we shall ever know of Colonel Lost.  

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 103 The Curse of Endless Life, is now posted.

Episode 103 The Curse of Endless Life

The enemy makes a final, devastating attempt to undo all that has been accomplished. Colonel Lost, his best friend, and his true love, discover themselves trapped in a terrible time paradox, and a love triangle. One of them must sacrifice himself for the others, and for all mankind. Which is it to be?

This is the antepenultimate episode.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 102 The Tesseract of Time

Posted September 25, 2019 By John C Wright

Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 102 The Tesseract of Time, is now posted.

Episode 102 The Tesseract of Time

Colonel Lost discovers the truth about Son of the Wind; learns the secret of the Tesseract; and is offered with the kingdoms of the world, and the powers of a god. At the last minute, the last second, the Watchers make a desperate final attempt to bring allies, living beings or otherwise, from a far eon into the present. A tall figure steps forth form the time portal.

The epic concludes next month!

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 101 All the Power of the Enemy, is now posted.

Episode 101 All the Power of the Enemy

Colonel Lost must face the combined might of gigantic warlords, unearthly superscience, time paradox, and the unseen powers of Hell. But he is not alone. Fyodor Poyarok utters words from beyond the world, and the chamber floor beneath the Great Dome of the Science Gods becomes a lake of blood.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 100 Murder of The High Master , is now posted.

Episode 100 Murder of The High Master

Colonel Lost confronts the bridegroom of his beloved, and the guard of a thousand gargantuan warlord. All hope is lost! Why, then, does the lovely Cynisca smile and say the foe is already defeated?

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 99 Under the Great Dome of the Science Gods , is now posted.

Episode 99 Under the Great Dome of the Science Gods

Colonel Lost enters battle, and the hellish truth of the unseen allies of the Eighth Men, the science gods, comes to light.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 98 The Narthex of the Eternity Gate , is now posted.

Episode 98 The Narthex of the Eternity Gate

Colonel Lost, separated from his friends, enters by secret means into the great dome where the Gate of Eternity opens its eye into the firmament of time. He sees the abducted bride passing by in eerie procession, and follows, silent as a hunting cat, his mighty elephant gun ready for action. He is taken unawares by a flare of light: all eyes turn and see him plainly. With a rush, the enemy falls upon the lone man.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 97 Lambswool of the Lake of Light, is now posted.

Episode 97 Lambswool of the Lake of Light

Colonel Lost discovers a secret way into the great onyx dome where the lovely Cynisca is being held. He receives help from strange and unexpected hands, and a stranger homage.

Fyodor tells his tale, and Preston Lost learns of the eerie, otherworldly roots of the slave revolt, ignited by Fyodor, that lit the mighty imperial city afire.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 96 Hunter and Hunted

Posted August 7, 2019 By John C Wright

Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 96 Hunter and Hunted, is now posted.

Episode 96 Hunter and Hunted

Colonel Lost finds the Imperial hunting party just as they have brought Fyodor, weak and wounded, to his final ground. The weapons of seven ages of man are at the command of the eccentric big game hunter. Will they be sufficient to overcome the wrath of the hellish and majestic Emperor himself, his servitors, barons, vavasors, dark knights, huntsmen, hounds, fighting slaves and war-mastodon?

And who is the Holy Hermit of which the Emperor speaks? What message carries he? Why is it forbidden to speak a word against the Wind?

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 95 Fortress of Fortresses, is now posted.

Episode 95 Fortress of Fortresses

Colonel Lost beholds the ancient, unconquerable might of the vast fortress-city of Xurac Xuraccucac, and by stealth arrives within the great game preserve of the Fifth Men, where other human beings are hunted down like beasts and butchered.

But now, to their woe and anger, the hunters find a hunter on their trail. Colonel Lost makes his first kill without mercy…

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 94 Wings on the Night Wind, is now posted.

Episode 94 Wings on the Night Wind

On silent wings, armed with weapons of the many ages of man, Colonel Lost flies at twice the speed of sound ever closer to the great and dread citadel-city of Xurac Xuracuccac.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 93 Downfall of the Dreadnaught, is now posted.

Episode 93 Downfall of the Dreadnaught

Only the ferocious Dark Conquerors, and Raad himself, hold possession of the great dreadnaught of the air against Preston and the surviving Roman Legionnaires. Tense negotiations end in an exorcism, while the lovely captive, Cynisca, is carried off on a swift airboat, growing farther away each moment!

An old friend reappears.

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Lost on the Last Continent, Episode 92 The Killing of the Captain, is now posted.

Episode 92 The Killing of the Captain

Betrayal! Revenge! Bloody Death! Defenestration! Abduction!

Preston Lost watches in helpless horror as a beloved ally falls to treason, and his lovely beloved is swept away by traitors! Woe unto him! All is lost!

Faretheewell, fair Cynisca! How he longs for the touch of your gentle hand!

Now Preston  Lost plunges like a thunderbolt, stooping like a striking angel, blades in both hands! Why does he smile at a time like this? Why does he laugh?

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