The Lost Maddox

by Vaughn Heppner

Lord Maddox the New Man, leader of a gargantuan fleet, waits for the Torus to reopen a breach into our dimension. Then, he will invade, annihilate Star Watch’s pitiful force and grind weak humanity under his heel.

Captain Maddox has vowed to stop his alternate self, and is planning a daring commando raid into the other dimension to destroy the Torus and thereby end the threat.

But Lord Maddox, understanding his own greatness, realizes that a copy of himself, even a genetic inferior like Captain Maddox, is his only true threat. Thus, using forbidden Techno-mage technology, he thrusts the captain into a strange reality.

But the New Man didn’t count on Galyan, Ludendorff and Meta, or the resourcefulness of the captain.

This is a mind-bending battle of time, dimensions and alternate selves, with the fate of two dimensions resting on the outcome.

THE LOST MADDOX is the 25th book in the Lost Starship series, a star-spanning saga of deadly dimensional war by millions-selling author Vaughn Heppner.

408 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 22, 2026

About the author

You can visit Vaughn at www.vaughnheppner.com

I was born in Canada and remember as a small boy crawling in my snow-fort. I closed my eyes, and when I tried to open them, they were frozen shut. I didn't panic, but wiped away the ice crystals, unglued my eyes and kept on building my tunnel. Those were great days! I moved to Central California before seventh grade and couldn't believe I lived in a land where oranges grew on trees and you could pick grapes from the vine.

I used to wonder what I wanted to do with my life, what kind of work specifically. I was miserable not knowing and bordering on desperate. Then one day a friend gave me his typewriter. I began working on a novel. A different person told me it was much easier on a computer, so I bought one and began getting up at 4:30 A.M. each morning before work, writing for three hours. My eyes were unglued once again as the pang of misery left my gut. I knew exactly what I wanted to do: write. So now that's what I do, I write, and write, and write, and I love it.

Reviews

[Sidney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read

This convoluted storyline keeps you guessing, and pulls you in! Maddox is determined to close the dimension rip at its source to keep the immense large and superior invasion force for reopening the tear and coming through. Maddox needs to locate Yon Soth equipment at the same location he and a fleet battled the Yon Soth, barely winning. Maddox’s search didn’t turn out as he expected. As usual, things spiral out of control and the fun begins!

[rnagy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dimension X

I love how this series, ducks and weaves… In new dimensions! Very imaginative cognate personalities explode on the scene fascinating the reader. I hope there are many more story arcs like this one.

[Mike Bur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

This was a fast paced and exciting adventure and I could barely put it down. I can't wait for the next one!

[matt krause · Rating 5 out of 5]

another great adventure from Vaughn Heppner

I really enjoyed the book, the story and the team that supports the captain.

I look forward to their next adventure .

[anthony boone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story, a few unresolved issues

Great captain Maddox story with development of riker, beker the mentalist and his girlfriend. More to come along those lines.

[Faithhrdy · Rating 5 out of 5]

exciting ending

Great story with Maddox saving the day as always. The last quarter of the story kept me from putting this down.