Lost and Found: The Taken Trilogy Book 1

Overview

Ever since his classic debut, The Tar-Aiym Krang, the first of the wildly successful Pip and Flinx adventures, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has captivated readers around the world. Now this writer of bold imagination and stunning originality has created an electrifying space epic set in a universe at once strangely familiar and starkly terrifying. Familiar because the universe is ours; terrifying because the human condition might soon be. . . .Not so long ago Marcus Walker was just another young commodities trader in Chicago, working hard and playing harder. But that's all in the past, part of a life half forgotten-a reality that vanished when he was attacked while camping and tossed aboard a starship bound for deep space.

Editorial Reviews

Alien abductions are fast becoming an SF clich, but bestseller Foster (Dirge) puts a fresh spin on the theme in the wacky first book of a new comic SF series about Marcus Walker, a Chicago commodities broker, and George, a talking dog. Both fall victim to the seven-foot Vilenjji, who roam outer space and snatch specimens from various backward planets to sell as novelty pets to wealthy clients. Marc and George are the only Earth samples in the vast traveling zoo en route to an undisclosed alien marketplace. The other oxygen-breathing sentients-caged in enclosures that imaginatively echo the places where they were captured-can communicate with each other and their captors, due to implants that have been softwired into their brains. Much mayhem ensues as Marc and the streetwise mutt decide to attempt an escape with fellow zoo allies, the huge, very scary, always hungry poetry-spouting Braouk ("Sorrow is sharing, the abducted are together, many one") and the tiny, bejeweled, hysterically superior Sque ("a female of the K'eremu"). Walker's enthusiasm in taking stock of the assets at their disposal in their wild bid for freedom-something his work has taught him to do "when faced with a difficult set of circumstances"-and George's doggy determination make this a winner for all ages. Agent, Vaughne Lee Hansen at Virginia Kidd Literary. (June 29) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

Author Information

Bio of Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster is the author of more than eighty books, including sixteen New York Times bestsellers. Among his works are the Spellsinger and Flinx series. A world traveler, Mr. Foster lives in Arizona.

Customer Reviews

• LOST AND FOUND

  Posted April 16, 2007 by stelmob, Tampa

  This book caught me off guard. While the jacket summary pulled me into the purchase of this book, the story immediately brings you into a cosmic ride not soon forgotten.
  
  The characters are excellent - including the dog. If you like Douglas Adams type things; this is even better- and directly more humorous.
  
  I left me waiting anxiously for the next book to come out. While I write this review post-script to the trilogy - I cannot recommend this book highly enough for young adult as well as adult readers (as in people over 35 yrs old who still have a shred of kid inside them)
  
  Take a weekend and begin the journey - you will not be disappointed.

Additional Info

Imprint

Ballantine Books

Filesize

490.56 KB

Number of Pages

256

eBook ISBN

9780345461261