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The Lost Colony (The Long Winter Trilogy) Paperback – November 11, 2019

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Can humanity survive on a new world?

On Eos, the last survivors of the Long Winter face their greatest challenge yet—and race to unravel the deepest secrets of the grid. It’s a journey across space and time and into humanity’s past and future—with a twist you’ll never forget.


NOTE: The Lost Colony is a full-length novel (378 pages in print). It is the third and final book in The Long Winter trilogy, which began with Winter World.

Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion to this Wall Street Journal bestselling trilogy.


Selected Praise for A.G. Riddle

“...reads like a superior collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton.”
—The Guardian on Pandemic

“I finished the book fast because I just couldn’t wait...”
—WIRED GeekDad on Departure

“Riddle... keep(s) the focus on his characters... rather than the technological marvels”
—Publisher’s Weekly on Departure

“This is apocalyptic sci-fi at its best.”
—Daily Mail on The Solar War

“Well-constructed and tightly-wound as a fine Swiss watch—DEPARTURE has non-stop action, an engaging plot and, of course, wheels within wheels.”
—Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander


An Extended Look at The Lost Colony

The last survivors of the human race escaped a ruined Earth. Their new homeworld—Eos—seemed perfect at first. Warm. Hospitable. Safe from the grid. But everything isn’t as it seems.

The first colony of settlers—from the Carthage—have disappeared. Their settlement is still there, but everyone is gone. As James digs into the mystery of the lost colony, he discovers a series of spheres, buried on Eos. Are they the key to finding the lost colonists? Or are they responsible for their deaths?

Just as James is unraveling the secrets of the spheres, a storm hits Jericho City. Emma, recently elected mayor, struggles to lead her people to safety while James tries to make his way home. In the middle of the chaos, a new danger emerges—a threat no one saw coming.

With time running out to save the colonists, James and Emma face their hardest choice yet.


About the Author

A.G. Riddle’s debut novel, The Atlantis Gene, became a global phenomenon, topping best seller charts in the US and abroad. Every year, Amazon compiles a list of the top 100 bestselling Kindle eBooks of the year (by total sales volume). The Atlantis Gene has made Amazon’s annual Kindle bestseller list an unprecedented five years in a row—every year since the book’s release (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017). Since then, Riddle has released eight more novels, selling millions of copies in two dozen languages. His books feature a unique mix of science, history, and suspense that has delighted fans of Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, and James Rollins and continues to sell year after year. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

NOTE: this novel is available in a variety of formats: as an eBook on Kindle Fire and Kindle eReader, as an Audible audiobook, and in print (paperback and hardcover). It is also enrolled in Kindle Unlimited where subscribers can read for free.
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    The Long Winter Trilogy
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Legion Books (November 11, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 382 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 194002627X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1940026275
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.96 x 9 inches
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A.G. Riddle spent ten years starting and running internet companies before retiring to focus on his true passion: writing fiction. He is the author of ten novels that have sold nearly five million copies worldwide in twenty languages.

He lives in North Carolina.

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Just finished A.G. Riddle’s Trilogy starting with Winter World, then Solar Wars and finally The Lost Colony. The Series was riveting. I couldn’t put the books down and couldn’t wait for the next installment to arrive. Winter War will keep you reading long after you thought you needed to be somewhere else… I simply read, and read, and read some more. I raced through the first two books. The third took a little longer as the story takes a little bit of a complex jog that I was just not expecting. If you like romance novels, historical fiction, biographies, this is not the series for you!! Lol… If you are a bonified lover of realistic science fiction then this series is for you. I have never read anything by Riddle but I will be reading more of his novels… Sorry, I raced through these so quickly now I need a new book…
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Rick T.
5.0 out of 5 stars We’ll Worth the Time
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024
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Life is hectic. Any time I consider a book, I ask the question, is it worth the time I’ll spend reading it? That’s one book. A trilogy is an exponential expenditure of time. This trilogy was well worth it. If you like sci fi at all, you’ll love the twists and turns Riddle takes weaving this mind bending tale. Just be warned, it’s hard to put it down once you start. Maybe start it on the Friday night of a three day weekend. A weekend where you have no plans and don’t really know what to do with yourself. That way you won’t have to tear yourself away from this epic tale to deal with reality and it’s chores and responsibilities. I read the trilogy on Kindle and I literally couldn’t put my phone down for a few days. Happy reading, kids.
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Tanya
4.0 out of 5 stars Loved the ending but too much filler for me...
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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I really like where the series ended up. A bit difficult to follow at 4 am when I am too excited to see the outcome and need to finish it before I can sleep again. I need to go back and reabsorb the intertwinings. But IMHO most of the middle was way too drawn out and felt like a lot of fill just to get the final book up the the proper word count. But again the whole series was damn good!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly good
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
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Pacing and tension great throughout, excellent wrap-up. Some items that introduced tension through lack of communication between characters (perhaps twice per book) were eye rollers but believeable. All in all 9/10 highly recommend, easily one of the best Sci-Fi book series I've read.
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vbarron
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 ⭐️s for The Long Winter trilogy.
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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I enjoyed this series of books. The plot was interesting and thought provoking. The characters are easy to care about and the stories are interesting, not boring. There were a couple of coding errors with duplicated paragraphs but nothing to make you lose interest in the story. I think most sci-fi readers will love them as much as I did. I look forward to reading more of this author’s works.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A Controversial 3rd Book Had Ruined the First Parts of the Trilogy
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020
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That book is a rare case when it is hard to shoot an honest review, too controversial. Readers beware! I would try to not spoil the intrigue so you will make your own opinion... or you won't. So I am going to be intentionally vague in that small review.

The first two books of the trilogy were bulletproof 4 of 5 stars. I've read the 1st one in 2 days (well, nights, to be more precise), and I have to tell the fellow readers that it needs to be something to make me reading till the morning light.

The only discrepancy was the romantic line between the protagonist and Emma. There were many moments when I was checking my Kindle if I am reading the same book, not the pulp fiction like ""My First Date With the High School Devil." By the way that the plot unfolds, the protagonists are the best of the best. An intellectual elite of Earth recognized even by the Grid (especially James). They just can't have so many cheap flashbacks and emotions, they are geniuses, as the author depicts them.

And, after all, this is assumed to be the hard SF. When you read the Grand Masters, like Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, and anyone else from the Pantheon of Fame, you see the big picture. You don't need to have the detailed descriptions "how _exactly_ the protagonist feels," as the writer builds the character, and their reactions are stemmed from it. The writer doesn't micro-manage your imagination. Here, we have detailed descriptions of what does Emma feels at the level of the average high school essay. But we all know how the mother feels when the child is endangered. There is no need to explain: give us her character, and we'll paint the small details by ourselves automatically and with great pleasure.

But that was OK in general. Getting back to the 3rd book, the sensation that "here we are reading a sort of filler" was always near. I had no problems with the "scientific" part as I still remember some things from my master's deg. But the rest... a mix from the Jurassic Park, and the Matrix, and hell knows what else I forgot to mention in that context.

I can't swallow such a number of the apex predators attacking the village. Well, this is fiction, but even the tale should bear some internal/fictional logic. You cannot have a swarm of the apex predators just because you have titled them that way. There can't be many, even in the alien world.

The time-travel VR part breaks the characters and their bonding with the reader apart completely. I also can't buy the idea that a pleiad of the very bright and intellectually capable community leaders (Izumi, James, Grigoriy) will voluntarily agree with the wild-west-alike way of life. However, they build the houses and the village in a blink, like they have an army of carpenter droids.

The ending was... well, that was weak. The winding story has been cut in the middle, the last pages can be easily replaced with a single phrase, like "lived happily ever after."

So, I don't feel sorry that I bought the full trilogy. But the 3rd book ruined the first ones, and here come my rating at 3/5 stars.
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Ruth Muller
4.0 out of 5 stars The Lost Colony
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2024
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This is my favorite book in this trilogy even though I enjoyed the whole series. Be
sure to wear your thinking cap or you might get lost in the science. I love novels like these wherein the author has created a whole universe with enough "real world" in it to make it possible to follow. Thanks A.G. Riddle!
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Terri Vaughan
5.0 out of 5 stars Humankind
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024
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These books were thought provoking. In this age of new discoveries concerning space travel and Artificial Intelligence, they were outstanding. I can only hope humans will look beyond their own egos to better all existence, wherever it may be!
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c. miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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Book 3 has many twists and turns. It gets a little too technical in spots but makes for good reading. Definitely makes you think about the future. Enjoyed the series and will read more of his books.😀😀
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Dan Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, what a great read!
Reviewed in Canada on October 21, 2023
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It took a while to wrap my head around this story when James was reliving the past lives, but it came together so well. Great story and super interesting adventure.
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Solsys Tec
5.0 out of 5 stars Twist in the tale
Reviewed in India on May 9, 2024
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An interesting twist in this book, answered a lot of questions. Everything became clear. The twist took the series to a whole new level.
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Robert Becker
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, all the lose end tied up beautifully and a fitting conclusion.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2024
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This book did not disappoint. Having fallen for the beautiful characters in the previous two books I delved into it with gusto. The author has a real penchant for describing the complexity of the human condition and drawing you into the narrative. I found the final third of the book hard going a little, but it all came together at the end. Well done Mr Riddle.
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Bond
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantascienza di alto livello, Intelligenza Artificiale al top
Reviewed in Italy on December 27, 2023
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Da un po’ non leggevo un libro di fantascienza cosi bello e appassionante.
Certo, bisogna almeno aver letto il secondo libro della trilogia (Guerra Solare) per capire ed apprezzare questo, ma ne vale assolutamente la pena.
Avvincente, valido scientificamente, consigliato…
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Francisco G.
5.0 out of 5 stars One the Best!
Reviewed in Germany on February 2, 2023
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Over the years I have read dozens of science fiction and distopia authors and series. The Long Winter is by far the best series and author I have read in the genre.
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