Sol is Not Lost by Michael Scharen | Motivated Savages

Sol is Not Lost

by Michael Scharen

A secret star-society faces pirates, politics, and an interplanetary power grab.

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Trevor Van Leeuwan spends most of his time in another solar system in a society unknown to the masses on Earth. Business interests in the Sol system draw him back to protect his turf on Earth and Mars where freedom still reigns. Pirates and governments plot to take what they cannot build. Has there ever been a difference between them? Join Trevor and his band of anarchists as they outwit their powerful antagonists.

Exerpt from Chapter Thirty-One: No Room at the Inn

Two days later the PD Normandie was in orbit over Mars. She had arrived. Ex-president Levoisier ran into Ambassador Detrick and Malcolm Aldrich III only as they boarded the shuttle to the surface and Millikan Center. The meeting was cordial, though, as Levoisier had guessed, he had fallen a few notches in the pecking order and he was treated as such. Letting their snobbish attitude go, he pressed on. “I suggest that you and I meet on the ground once we are settled,” he said to them. “Oh, really? Now why is that?” asked Aldrich. “I have some information I’m sure will interest you and your future plans.” Detrick was not in the best control of himself after their computer controlled fall through the thin atmosphere. “Of course we’ll meet you. We are staying at the Bradbury in the New Settlements. “Ambassador, I’m afraid they won’t let you stay there. Mr. Aldrich, yes, but not you.” Levoisier informed him. “What do you mean, won’t let me?! I’m the Ambassador from the United States!” barked Detrick. “I’m afraid he’s right, Conan, they won’t serve your type there. You’ll have to stay in the NASA dormitories.” Aldrich chuckled. “I’m sorry Ambassador, but I’m afraid you don’t understand the mood toward government employees on the Frontier,” said Levoisier. Detrick shouted, “I’m not a government employee, I’m the goddamned American Ambassador!” Malcolm Aldrich III looked at Detrick and said, “Conan, just look to see who signs your paycheck – I mean your official paycheck.”

“Sol is Not Lost is an exciting novel of political, ideological, and old-fashioned space-opera conflicts with both action and debate, but perhaps most importantly, a great deal of fascinating science-based speculation on the transportation, equipment and civilizations of the near future. I recommend it for all hard science fiction and speculative fiction fans.”
— Casey Dorman

“Sol is not Lost harks back to an earlier style of sci-fi writing. It is gritty, and has an almost old fashioned feel. If, like, me you spent a lot of time reading anything you could lay your hands on from the lost box of sci-fi under the 2nd hand bookstall, you are going to love this. The pace feels measured, slowly accelerating into an absolute page turner of a story which kept me on the edge of my seat until the end. As a non-scientist reader it felt exceptionally well researched and the technical descriptions neither grated nor got in the way of the plot, In fact the explanations added to the solid feel of the world and enhanced understanding of how it fitted together and operated.”
— S. MacAndrew

“Mr. Michael Scharen’s novel Sol is Not Lost looks back to the 1950s to 1960s era of science fiction. The novel’s plot, characterization, and subject matter strongly remind me of Robert Heinlein’s Libertarian leaning works. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, If This Goes On, and The Roads Must Roll come to mind.”
— Michael Bertrand

Book Details:

• Genre: Sci-Fi
• Format: eBook, Audiobook