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The Visitors
A THREAT FROM THE STARS Lord Rollie Darktail, ancestor to the hero of Captive of the Red Vixen, is an engineer on the Foxen world of Motherhome. Working on an advanced rocketry project, Rollie dreams of building a ship to allow his people to reach orbit around their world and begin exploring their solar system. But a bizarre demand from his old commander sends Rollie on an adventure to discover that that the Foxen are already in contact with mysterious visitors from beyond the stars. A warlike, self-destructive race, known as Humans. Explore the never before seen secret history of Royce Day's popular Red Vixen Adventures universe, in this tale of intrigue and desperate hope.
165 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 23, 2020
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Royce Day
33 books15 followersA native of Maryland, Royce Day enjoys writing and reading about fantasy and science fiction.
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August 2, 2025
A very interesting prequel
If you've read the story of the Captive of the Dread Pirate Vixen series, this is a kind of prequel to the setting, shedding some light into the first meeting of the humans and the foxes. Well told with an air reminiscent of proper English people around the time of World War II. You don't need to read this before you read the Vixen series; it probably works better to read it after.
If you've read the story of the Captive of the Dread Pirate Vixen series, this is a kind of prequel to the setting, shedding some light into the first meeting of the humans and the foxes. Well told with an air reminiscent of proper English people around the time of World War II. You don't need to read this before you read the Vixen series; it probably works better to read it after.
January 17, 2026
I’d had this book for quite a while, mostly wanting to space out my stories, as a rule I try to only read one book by any given author at a time, and not to read from the same author two books in a row, so with Meeting Dominique pushed up at the request of the author this one sat patiently waiting for its turn. A story told in the journal of Lord Rollie, the ancestor of Royce’s character from the RVA series, he recounts the true details of first contact between the human and foxen race, an event that despite what is recorded in the history books, did not go so well as the official record would have you believe.
It's a good standalone adventure from Royce, with a framing story set in the present. It makes some references readers of the previous material will get, but nothing story critical. Overall it was a good story, highlighting the complexity of first contact especially when technological capabilities differ, and when the universal translator is not a quick fix to allow immediate communication. I thought the characters behaved realistically, and overall it was a smooth low key adventure as Royce is often good at.
I did wish for a bit more complexity, as it seemed like while it was a perfectly serviceable story, to elevate it to excellence there needed to be either a third party providing additional pressure between Reggie and Lord Rollie, as well as some more time spent between Lord Rollie and the humans to better solidify the sense of his actions in the story. Overall it was a solid entry into the RVA franchise, but it was missing that little extra element to make it stellar instead of great.
It's a good standalone adventure from Royce, with a framing story set in the present. It makes some references readers of the previous material will get, but nothing story critical. Overall it was a good story, highlighting the complexity of first contact especially when technological capabilities differ, and when the universal translator is not a quick fix to allow immediate communication. I thought the characters behaved realistically, and overall it was a smooth low key adventure as Royce is often good at.
I did wish for a bit more complexity, as it seemed like while it was a perfectly serviceable story, to elevate it to excellence there needed to be either a third party providing additional pressure between Reggie and Lord Rollie, as well as some more time spent between Lord Rollie and the humans to better solidify the sense of his actions in the story. Overall it was a solid entry into the RVA franchise, but it was missing that little extra element to make it stellar instead of great.
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