Rescued from Paradise
| Rescued from Paradise | |
|---|---|
 1st edition | |
| Author | Robert L. Forward |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Rocheworld series |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
| Preceded by | Marooned on Eden |
Rescued from Paradise is a science fiction novel by Robert L. Forward It is part of the Rocheworld series, about an expedition to explore planets found in orbit around Barnard's Star. This is the fifth book in the continuity.
Plot
The first interstellar expedition successfully reached Barnard's Star and its double-planet Rocheworld and made contact with the flouwen, intelligent aquatic beings with a talent for higher mathematics and a love of surfing. The flouwen joined with the humans to explore the rest of Barnard's planets and moons. When a landing craft carrying ten humans and three flouwen crashlanded on a habitable moon—Eden—the team was marooned on Eden with no hope of rescue until decades later when a second expedition was scheduled from Earth.
Not having another option, the marooned explorers settled down to make the moon their home, befriending the indigenous inhabitants, exploring, learning to live off the land, and, most important, raising families. They struggled to survive natural disasters and unexpected attacks from the sea. The years passed.
A new generation grows up hearing of Earth and its technology as a dim legend, and thinking of Eden as their natural home.
When the Second Expedition finally arrives, its leader announces that he has orders to rescue all the survivors.