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The Lost Starship Books in Order

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See The Lost Starship books by Joshua James in order, with short summaries, series background, and where to start this cure-chasing space thriller trilogy.

Last updated: July 4, 2026

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The Lost Starship books in publication order

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3 books

1

Destroyr

by Joshua James

2019

The final confrontation arrives with ships gathering over Nar and truth nobody wants to hear. What the crew brought back is far more powerful, and more contested, than anyone expected.

2

Elixr

by Joshua James

2019

A dying order sends a desperate crew scrambling to protect a cure that could reshape the balance of power. On the last starship, saving lives and surviving the mission become the same problem.

3

Redeemr

by Joshua James

2019

The cure was only the beginning. As the Inversion grows more dangerous and more factions close in, the crew learns that possession of the answer may be even deadlier than the disease.

The Lost Starship books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Elixr"

    Elixr

    by Joshua James

    2019The Lost Starship, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Redeemr"

    Redeemr

    by Joshua James

    2019The Lost Starship, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Destroyr"

    Destroyr

    by Joshua James

    2019The Lost Starship, Book 3

Series background & context

The Lost Starship is built around a premise that immediately puts everybody on edge, there is a cure powerful enough to change everything, a crew carrying it under terrible pressure, and more than one faction ready to kill for control of it. The series starts with a dying order that says almost everything you need to know about the mood, save the cure, kill the crew.

That is not a comforting beginning.

From there, the books run as a chase thriller in space. The cure is never just a medical breakthrough or a clean moral prize. It is tied to the deeper mystery of the last starship, to political and military interests, and to forces that see any new balance of power as a threat. As the trilogy moves through Elixr, Redeemr, and Destroyr, the story keeps widening from survival mission to final confrontation.

The setting has a haunted quality that helps the books stand apart. There is a sense of something old, powerful, and badly misunderstood hanging over the plot. Worlds like Nar are not just scenery. They feel like places where the past has not stayed buried and where the wrong discovery can tilt whole systems into chaos.

The ongoing tension comes from scarcity, who controls the cure, who understands it, and who will use it first. That gives the trilogy a good mix of pursuit, secrecy, and high-stakes decision-making. The crew is never only running from one enemy. They are moving through a political map full of people who all want the same impossible thing.

The tone is urgent and a little grim. If you like compact trilogies where medicine, power, and ancient-tech mystery get tangled together inside a fast-moving space war, The Lost Starship has a solid hook and does not waste much time getting to the trouble.

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