Lost in Space: One Lone Astronaut, One Lost Space Traveler, Two Ships Passing in the Night

by Dylan Keefer

A riveting drama featuring two quirky female leads. Not your normal space adventure featuring a science fiction drama like that of "Dr. Who" meeting a political space opera like "Star Wars."

Trapped in a world far from home, Nivea, an experienced astronaut, fears a break from reality nearing. Her desperate attempts to communicate with the outside world go unnoticed until a fleeting encounter with an ominous voice in the ether gives her hope. But when she discovers what's behind the facade, her opportunity to return home is jeopardized.

Meg doesn't know how long she's been gone, but she knows enough to understand her days are numbered. With her fiancé turned malicious captor conspiring to prevent her from returning home, she'll have to employ every skill in her arsenal to resist, but when she discovers that she may not be his only target, her solo battle becomes a fight for ultimate survival.

Will Nivea and Meg be any match for Master Jiom and his brethren of alien foot soldiers?

Genres: Science Fiction

Audible Audio

Published April 26, 2017

About the author

Hello, my name is Dylan Keefer I'm a web designer / developer by day and a writer by night. I’m basically a modern day superhero using code and words to breathe creativity into reality. On a more serious note, I have been writing from a very young age and have always been pursuing the dream of writing professionally everything I do is in pursuit of that dream. I write light-hearted and dark themed stories as well as across multiple genres. My stories If you like things involving psychological struggles or moral dilemmas of the human condition, chances are my stories are going to be of interest to you no matter what tone or genre they happen to be.

Reviews

[etherealfire · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Penny Whiting · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lost in Space by Dylan Keefer is a short story of two women traveling through space. Nivea is an astronaut who has been alone with no contact from anyone on Earth for nearly a week, ever since her companion Jack died in his sleep. Meg is a space traveler from another planet who is trying to get home after escaping from the man she had been going to marry.

Feeling she may be losing her mind from lack of contact with anyone, Nivea is shocked to see a ship drawing closer to her and even more shocked when someone disembarks and bangs on the door to her ship. Tentatively, she dons her space suit and opens the door to find Meg standing there.

The friendship between Nivea and Meg comes across really nicely, although they have only just met they see each others vulnerabilities and are both quick to trust each other. One thing I loved about this book was the impact of the kindness shown by the characters. An act of kindness shown by Nivea, by Meg, and the people around them has a major effect on the way things play out. Lost in Space is short and sweet, and that is one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much.

[Jolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Lost in Space" is a quick read and I thought I wouldn't like it because it was short but I was wrong. I very much enjoyed it.


I really liked both Nivea and Meg and how they quickly accepted each other and became friends even though they were different. I was surprised when Mr. Harrison showed up. I was convinced that Nivea was dreaming because I didn't see how he could be there and it seemed contrived to move the story along, but once I understood what was going on I was able to accept the situation. I really don't like Mr. Harrison though!


The story reached a resolution of sorts but there are lots of opportunities for continuation so I am hoping the author already has written more about these characters or will do so in the future.

Sex: None
Language: One instance of "damn" and one of "hell"
Violence: One person is choked as punishment. One person is killed but no description other than it happened. Both instances are presented as "bad".
Religion: None

[Cheryl Corbin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Possibility but it just doesn't get there

So much happening and so many details missing. I wanted to really like this story but by the time she got back to Jiom's ship; I was confused and lost interest.