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The Terran Fleet Command Saga #2
TFS Theseus
“Welcome to the Pelaran Alliance …”
With those simple words, the Guardian spacecraft openly revealed itself to Humanity, heralding a new chapter in its 500-year-long mission to cultivate our world. Earth’s population must now make its first, planet-wide decision — join the most powerful alliance in our galaxy, or chart our own course — deciding for ourselves which civilizations are worthy of our trust. Will we be the first world to decline the Pelarans’ invitation, or does their offer come with an implied threat?
Aboard Terran Fleet Command’s flagship, TFS Navajo, Admiral Kevin Patterson assembles his formidable but untested forces in hopes of defending the Earth. Knowing that an attack is imminent, he must risk everything in hopes of finding his enemy and taking the initiative.
Returning from TFC’s first battle, Captain Tom Prescott learns that his frigate, TFS Ingenuity, is more heavily damaged than expected. Now he must race against time to prepare a new ship, then execute a daring mission to save Earth’s last and best hope of avoiding full-scale interstellar war.
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TFS THESEUS is the second book of the Terran Fleet Command Saga by author Tori Harris. The story is typically associated with the military science fiction, space exploration science fiction, colonization, first contact, genetic engineering, space opera technothriller, galactic empire, or alien invasion categories.
Listening Length: 7 hours and 56 minutes
With those simple words, the Guardian spacecraft openly revealed itself to Humanity, heralding a new chapter in its 500-year-long mission to cultivate our world. Earth’s population must now make its first, planet-wide decision — join the most powerful alliance in our galaxy, or chart our own course — deciding for ourselves which civilizations are worthy of our trust. Will we be the first world to decline the Pelarans’ invitation, or does their offer come with an implied threat?
Aboard Terran Fleet Command’s flagship, TFS Navajo, Admiral Kevin Patterson assembles his formidable but untested forces in hopes of defending the Earth. Knowing that an attack is imminent, he must risk everything in hopes of finding his enemy and taking the initiative.
Returning from TFC’s first battle, Captain Tom Prescott learns that his frigate, TFS Ingenuity, is more heavily damaged than expected. Now he must race against time to prepare a new ship, then execute a daring mission to save Earth’s last and best hope of avoiding full-scale interstellar war.
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TFS THESEUS is the second book of the Terran Fleet Command Saga by author Tori Harris. The story is typically associated with the military science fiction, space exploration science fiction, colonization, first contact, genetic engineering, space opera technothriller, galactic empire, or alien invasion categories.
Listening Length: 7 hours and 56 minutes
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First published March 31, 2016
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About the author
Tori L. Harris
8 books166 followersBorn in 1969, four months before the first Apollo moon landing, Tori Harris grew up during the era of the original Star Wars movies and is a lifelong science fiction fan. During his early professional career, he was fortunate enough to briefly have the opportunity to fly jets in the U.S. Air Force, and is still a private pilot who loves to fly. Tori has always loved to read and now combines his love of classic naval fiction with military Sci-Fi when writing his own books. His favorite authors include Patrick O'Brian and Tom Clancy as well as more recent self-published authors like Michael Hicks, Ryk Brown, and Joshua Dalzelle. Tori lives in Tennessee with his beautiful wife, two beautiful daughters, and Bizkit, the best dog ever.
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December 18, 2016
As I have noted in other reviews, I read a lot of military science fiction, because it tends to be more disciplined in its thinking as a genre than other subgenres of sci-fi, let alone fantasy. Why do I think that is important? Because good story-telling means taking a few good ideas and seeing how they would play out if they were true. I try to exert that level of discipline in my own writing too. A lot of sci-fi and fantasy is weak because it is undisciplined - if the writer gets in a corner they conveniently change the rules or throw in a new scientific buzz word like "dark matter" to make their inept plot work. It bothers me that so many writers (especially those that write for movies and TV) are so inept or, worse yet, so contemptuous of the intelligence of the average viewer or reader.
In TFS Theseus (The Terran Fleet Command Saga #2), Tori Harris continues the engaging story of the Terran Fleet Command as Earth is in a very dangerous situation caught between superior civilizations. It was fast-moving, well-plotted, with good characterization and plausible science. I liked the level of detail as Tori worked out some of the scientific and military implications. As with Book 1, I also liked the positive tone with some realism about human nature and politics to temper it. Highly recommended!
In TFS Theseus (The Terran Fleet Command Saga #2), Tori Harris continues the engaging story of the Terran Fleet Command as Earth is in a very dangerous situation caught between superior civilizations. It was fast-moving, well-plotted, with good characterization and plausible science. I liked the level of detail as Tori worked out some of the scientific and military implications. As with Book 1, I also liked the positive tone with some realism about human nature and politics to temper it. Highly recommended!
May 23, 2016
Enjoyed and can't wait for more
Nice and easy read that is interesting and compelling. Loved it and will definitely read the next installment. Well written
Nice and easy read that is interesting and compelling. Loved it and will definitely read the next installment. Well written
April 17, 2017
I liked this book as a follow up and will be waiting for the next installment.
May 14, 2016
TFC saga. By Tori Harris
I read all of Book 1 yesterday and all of Book 2 today. Both were GREAT books. Nonstop action. I recommend these two first books in Tori Harris' new saga.
I read all of Book 1 yesterday and all of Book 2 today. Both were GREAT books. Nonstop action. I recommend these two first books in Tori Harris' new saga.
October 26, 2016
Waiting for the next.
Good read. Keep them coming. Good science fiction. Looking forward enjoying to further story developments. Encourage readers pick up book one of the series.
Good read. Keep them coming. Good science fiction. Looking forward enjoying to further story developments. Encourage readers pick up book one of the series.
March 27, 2016
Good Book
Second book in stage series and it is good. Picks up where the first left off and ends with a hanger.
Second book in stage series and it is good. Picks up where the first left off and ends with a hanger.
May 5, 2016
Excellent follow up
This book is. Very well written, and edited well.
After surviving their first battle in space, the ingenuity crew come home and find themselves with another mission, and a new, more powerful ship awaiting them. The Theseus is a 3 times as big, and more powerful. With a splinter faction of the Sajeth collective known as the Pelaran resistance, massing for an attack on earth, the Theseus will embark on a mission to stop them. With plenty of political intrigue on the ground regarding the leadership council of earth and the Pelaran guardian, the TFS's mission gets more complicated.
I wouldn't say this book ends on a cliffhanger, but the action is certain to be ramping up in the next novel in the saga. More please, thanks.
This book is. Very well written, and edited well.
After surviving their first battle in space, the ingenuity crew come home and find themselves with another mission, and a new, more powerful ship awaiting them. The Theseus is a 3 times as big, and more powerful. With a splinter faction of the Sajeth collective known as the Pelaran resistance, massing for an attack on earth, the Theseus will embark on a mission to stop them. With plenty of political intrigue on the ground regarding the leadership council of earth and the Pelaran guardian, the TFS's mission gets more complicated.
I wouldn't say this book ends on a cliffhanger, but the action is certain to be ramping up in the next novel in the saga. More please, thanks.
May 13, 2016
Excellent
This second novel in the series is almost as good as the first. There are a couple of contrived situations and I would have preferred a little more battle action. Having said that, these distractions were very minor, and the book is a real page turner despite my not picking.
This second novel in the series is almost as good as the first. There are a couple of contrived situations and I would have preferred a little more battle action. Having said that, these distractions were very minor, and the book is a real page turner despite my not picking.
April 15, 2016
Fun series. I like it a lot
Fun light read not overly complex, but a nice diversion. The story seems to be in its infancy so I would guess that there are quite a few more books still waiting to be written
Fun light read not overly complex, but a nice diversion. The story seems to be in its infancy so I would guess that there are quite a few more books still waiting to be written
December 2, 2016
Recommended
I've read two of these so far and am very impressed. The author knows the military (I don't) and develops the story and the characters accordingly. The technical stuff sounds second hand to him and that makes it easy for me. Great battle action. More, please!
I've read two of these so far and am very impressed. The author knows the military (I don't) and develops the story and the characters accordingly. The technical stuff sounds second hand to him and that makes it easy for me. Great battle action. More, please!
June 3, 2016
Couldn't put it down
Can't wait for the next book. Get in your study, office, cubicle what have and crank that out! What a great read, I highly recommend this series!!!
Can't wait for the next book. Get in your study, office, cubicle what have and crank that out! What a great read, I highly recommend this series!!!
August 5, 2016
Excellent book
Book #2 offered a good mixture of action and intrigue. Written in a manner that was quite captivating. I look forward to book three.
Book #2 offered a good mixture of action and intrigue. Written in a manner that was quite captivating. I look forward to book three.
August 27, 2016
This was just fun. Half the book goes into some details on Fleet operations 300 hundred years into the future and the other half is about the mission with some politics thrown in. FUN
May 31, 2017
Before moaning I should say that I like the story and I am still willing to keep reading this series, but there are so many things that really annoy about this book.
I had hoped the author had got most of the technical information out of his system in the first book and could now concentrate on telling the story. Unfortunately this isn’t the case and again too much of the book was a technical manual.
Having allocated so much of the text to describing the technicalities it is then galling to find that he is inconsistent in applying this information. Detailed descriptions of the performance of various equipment are then ignored later in the book.
The actual story wasn’t bad but at times it was so slow and long winded, often he will explain or describe something that is just irrelevant to the story and seems to be there only to fill up space.
Then there is the ending or should I say the none ending. Personally I hate cliff-hanger endings. I also think it shows a lack of confidence by the author, in that they need to artificially entice the reader into getting the next book rather than relying on the excellence of their story.
I had hoped the author had got most of the technical information out of his system in the first book and could now concentrate on telling the story. Unfortunately this isn’t the case and again too much of the book was a technical manual.
Having allocated so much of the text to describing the technicalities it is then galling to find that he is inconsistent in applying this information. Detailed descriptions of the performance of various equipment are then ignored later in the book.
The actual story wasn’t bad but at times it was so slow and long winded, often he will explain or describe something that is just irrelevant to the story and seems to be there only to fill up space.
Then there is the ending or should I say the none ending. Personally I hate cliff-hanger endings. I also think it shows a lack of confidence by the author, in that they need to artificially entice the reader into getting the next book rather than relying on the excellence of their story.
September 22, 2017
Before you pick this one up to read, please note it is book #2 of a series: you need to have read book one first or this one won’t make much sense to you.
Without having a spoiler, the author picks up right where he left off with book on. The battle scenes are realistic, and the author paints the picture as if you are right there in the middle of things. I stayed up late one night to finish this one, as I didn’t want to leave it or walk away to finish another day. The ending was rather abrupt and right in the middle of a scene which was annoying, and there were a lot of technical details that took away from the main story.
Regardless of my nit above, the Kindle version of this title is $2.99 and I picked this one up for free with my Kindle Unlimited membership – if you enjoyed book one, you will certainly receive more than $2.99 worth of entertainment value out of this one. I’m off for the next installment of the series.
Without having a spoiler, the author picks up right where he left off with book on. The battle scenes are realistic, and the author paints the picture as if you are right there in the middle of things. I stayed up late one night to finish this one, as I didn’t want to leave it or walk away to finish another day. The ending was rather abrupt and right in the middle of a scene which was annoying, and there were a lot of technical details that took away from the main story.
Regardless of my nit above, the Kindle version of this title is $2.99 and I picked this one up for free with my Kindle Unlimited membership – if you enjoyed book one, you will certainly receive more than $2.99 worth of entertainment value out of this one. I’m off for the next installment of the series.
July 13, 2021
I quite enjoyed this book. It's a good and interesting story -- good action, interesting plot, etc.
The characters aren't very well-developed, and are somewhat stereotypical, but the story is told from multiple points of view so that's less critical.
My biggest complaint was that ended quite abruptly and in the middle of the action. It's clearly set for a sequel, but it seems they could have picked a different break point.
The characters aren't very well-developed, and are somewhat stereotypical, but the story is told from multiple points of view so that's less critical.
My biggest complaint was that ended quite abruptly and in the middle of the action. It's clearly set for a sequel, but it seems they could have picked a different break point.
July 9, 2017
The plot thickens
In this book things really start to heat up for the earth forces as plots within the representatives of the world govt start to try and force the military too surrender two ambassadors from a distant society so that a different agenda could be put in place that is not necessarily good for the people of earth
In this book things really start to heat up for the earth forces as plots within the representatives of the world govt start to try and force the military too surrender two ambassadors from a distant society so that a different agenda could be put in place that is not necessarily good for the people of earth
November 25, 2020
Still Compelling
OK, this series is a bit of a “nerds delight” rather than hard science fiction, and yet I find myself amusingly intrigued by the storyline. Decent character development and supporting cast help complete the narrative. Book 2 ends with a promise and hints at more in the future.
OK, this series is a bit of a “nerds delight” rather than hard science fiction, and yet I find myself amusingly intrigued by the storyline. Decent character development and supporting cast help complete the narrative. Book 2 ends with a promise and hints at more in the future.
March 27, 2018
This book was written to explain the political environment for the series
This book spent a lot of time setting up the political spectrum of three races. It brings them together to show the interactions they will have in the rest of the series.
This book spent a lot of time setting up the political spectrum of three races. It brings them together to show the interactions they will have in the rest of the series.
April 7, 2018
I'm totally addicted to this series! Great writing, characters, dialog and action! The characters totally sucked me in too! Started book 3 already and picked up 4 and 5! I highly recommend checking out this series!
April 2, 2021
Just as good as the first
The story continues! This book was just as good as the first and I look forward to book 3. If you like military or hard Science Fiction you need to read books 1 and 2.
The story continues! This book was just as good as the first and I look forward to book 3. If you like military or hard Science Fiction you need to read books 1 and 2.
September 20, 2021
A solid mil-sci-fi that has just the right amount of battlefield oversight and tactics to keep it interesting (though not always accurate). There isn't anything particularly ground breaking here, but fans of the genre will not be disappointed.
March 7, 2024
I must keep reminding myself when reading books in this series that Harris (no relation) is spinning a yarn about the very earliest efforts of humans to build and deploy spaceships, while starting to develop a fleet of war machines. These are fun to read, but not epic.
May 20, 2018
Gripping
It just keeps getting better. The first book was a great introduction. This installment continues to flesh out the characters and deliver on the promise of the first.
It just keeps getting better. The first book was a great introduction. This installment continues to flesh out the characters and deliver on the promise of the first.
June 15, 2018
Great
Another great story. Really enjoyed the book and the series and look forward to the next book in this series.
Another great story. Really enjoyed the book and the series and look forward to the next book in this series.
June 24, 2018
Good space adventures
Space action that keeps you on edge, with believable characters that you can invest time and effort to get into their perspective of the situation
Space action that keeps you on edge, with believable characters that you can invest time and effort to get into their perspective of the situation
July 4, 2018
Good but...
Nice plot but sometimes the explaining gets too detailed and the military rehtoric excessive making the story move too slow
Nice plot but sometimes the explaining gets too detailed and the military rehtoric excessive making the story move too slow
October 16, 2018
4 stars. Good story
November 22, 2019
Enjoying this series very much! Star Trek fan, this is not Star Trek but it’s kinda in the neighborhood.
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