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    Paradise Lost (Alex Kaidan S01E01)
    Paradise Lost (Alex Kaidan S01E01)
    Paradise Lost (Alex Kaidan S01E01)
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    Paradise Lost (Alex Kaidan S01E01)

    By Darren Hoyland

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    Being completely unable to think of a sensible name for your space ship tends to be less of a problem when there's only one ship in the whole Human 'fleet', besides Alex Kaidan only ever really borrowed it. What could be more of a problem is Earth having been paved and only a few Humans surviving, and that was only thanks to the actions of a benevolent alien race known as the Un. Alex and his crew have made it their mission to find and rescue however many Humans they can that are being held captive by any of the alien races. A mission made all the more difficult by the sad truth that a catastrophically decimated population is not an employers' market.

    Their mission, to save a large group of Nedic-imprisoned Humans from being slightly too comfortable goes horribly wrong when Sara Heath, a member of his crew, shoots and kills a man.

    “Paradise Lost” is the first episode in season 1 of the science fiction series “Alex Kaidan”.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarren Hoyland
    Release dateOct 30, 2012
    ISBN9781301233670
    Paradise Lost (Alex Kaidan S01E01)
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    Darren Hoyland

    Darren Hoyland (1980-Still Going) was born and raised in the town of Grimsby on the north-east coast of England and is only slightly traumatised from the experience. He first realised he wanted to be an author when he was told off by his English teacher for writing too much. He still gets a buzz from other people reading his work and is not, it would seem, above walking into Tesco and loading Episode 1 up on the e-readers. Having spent the best part of ten years at seemingly every university the country had to offer, he has acquired a BSc in Biological Sciences, a MSc in Informatics and a PhD in Computational Neuroscience, as well as a love for all things sciencey and an unmanageably large student loan. He currently lives in County Durham in the UK with his wife, son and collection of small, annoying animals.

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      Paradise Lost (Alex Kaidan S01E01) - Darren Hoyland

      Episode 1 of Alex Kaidan (Series 1)

      PARADISE LOST

      By Darren Hoyland

      Episode 1 of Alex Kaidan (Series 1)

      Episode 1 of Alex Kaidan (Series 1)

      About the author:

      Episode 1 of Alex Kaidan (Series 1)

      Alex Kaidan S01E01 Paradise Lost Smashwords Edition (Version 2)

      Copyright © 2014 by Darren Hoyland

      Discover more about the author and other titles at http://www.darrenhoyland.info

      Dedicated to Marjan, for showing faith in me when I needed it most.

      This is a work of fiction. Persons, living or dead, places or events are productions of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance is purely coincidental, which is probably for the best as it is set in the future, on several other planets and is about aliens trying to wipe out humanity. Your support and respect for the copyright of the author is appreciated.

      Alex Kaidan pressed the smiley face icon on his wrist console and all hell broke loose. Well, most of it anyway. The main lights cut out and the deck lurched as the coordinated computer virus and explosives did their thing.

      You better be ready, Dann!

      Following a pause of a length that could only ever be described as unsettling, Alex's second-in-command simply responded with, Erm.

      The artificial gravity suddenly increased in an entirely unintended manner causing Alex to be pulled to the floor and be pinned there for several seconds before it finally went offline completely. He cursed himself for his poorly written virus code as he pushed himself up off the deck, steadying himself so as not to drift away. He then activated the mini-gravs on his oversized boots, anchoring himself to the floor.

      He took a deep breath, making a mental note to increase the O2 concentration next time, before he said, calmly and deliberately, What do you mean, 'erm'? What could possibly warrant an 'erm' in this finely detailed and well-established rescue mission we spent weeks working on?

      They, er, don’t want to be rescued.

      What?

      Um, well the prisoners don't want to come. They say they like it here.

      They like it? They’re not allowed to like it - it’s a prison."

      Actually, it’s quite nice. It’s warm and the food is awesome, ooh and they’ve got this artificial waterfall and... He seemed to realise that he was wittering, and so finished fairly abruptly with, Well, it’s better than my cabin anyway.

      Well did you explain to them that they’re being held against their will for the purposes of alien experimentation and that what's left of their own race is depending on them for its very survival?

      Hang on, he said. There was a short pause and then Dann returned to the conversation, Yeah, they don't believe me, but the spokesperson says that even if it was true, it’s a relatively small price to -

      Alex cut him off mid-sentence, Dann, I’ve just triggered the explosion on the main part of the station. We've also killed the gravity here. Atmosphere is venting out and any second now the institute's security force is going to be on us, and that’s if they haven’t started to abandon the station which, I hasten to add, is now probably well on its way to being in a decaying orbit.

      Yeah, we felt a bit of a judder - it’s starting to look as if you’re going to have a few angry homeowners down here, let me tell you.

      Tell them that they’re will be a few dead homeowners very shortly unless they come with us.

      It took him a few moments to process what Alex had just told him, before he cautiously ventured the response, So....You want me to shoot them...?

      No, Dann. I meant if the space-station is about to crash into the planet and kill them all unless they come with us.

      He breathed an audible sigh of relief, Okay, I’ll tell them.

      Unless you think threatening to shoot them will help at all?

      Probably not, Alex.

      He terminated the call and ventured into the corridor to which the shuttle's docking needle had breached. It was here that he had been able to deploy the virus onto their system and from here that he had initiated the weaponised drone. Previous generations of Humans would have been comfortable referring to this drone as a remote controlled car with a bomb strapped to it, although they may have been somewhat bemused by the strange

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