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The Tyr Trilogy #1
Arrival
Can one family save a world?
Daniel Clay fought across the galaxy as a corporate soldier. He left the violence behind for a life of science, raising a family far from the bloodshed of the Corporation. With his wife, Sarah, and son, Michael, he studied the alien Tyr for years, hidden among their complex societies. Their mission should have ended with the arrival of a replacement team. Instead, the Clays’ corporate overlords choose a death sentence: an invasion fleet to conquer the Tyr.
This first contact will destroy the Tyr, and only Daniel Clay and his family can help fight back against the drug-fueled conscripts and military might of the invaders. The Clays must help the Tyr from the shadows or be killed by the Tyr who fear them...or by the Corporation they’ve betrayed.
But the Clays aren’t the only hidden power.
If you like Avatar or V, you’ll love The Tyr Trilogy, a series that combines the wonder, excitement, and drama of top-notch sci-fi.
Daniel Clay fought across the galaxy as a corporate soldier. He left the violence behind for a life of science, raising a family far from the bloodshed of the Corporation. With his wife, Sarah, and son, Michael, he studied the alien Tyr for years, hidden among their complex societies. Their mission should have ended with the arrival of a replacement team. Instead, the Clays’ corporate overlords choose a death sentence: an invasion fleet to conquer the Tyr.
This first contact will destroy the Tyr, and only Daniel Clay and his family can help fight back against the drug-fueled conscripts and military might of the invaders. The Clays must help the Tyr from the shadows or be killed by the Tyr who fear them...or by the Corporation they’ve betrayed.
But the Clays aren’t the only hidden power.
If you like Avatar or V, you’ll love The Tyr Trilogy, a series that combines the wonder, excitement, and drama of top-notch sci-fi.
365 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 27, 2021
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About the author
Richard Fox
132 books614 followersRichard Fox is a Nebula Award nominated author, and winner of the 2017 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy novel, author of The Ember War Saga, a military science fiction and space opera series, and other novels in the military history, thriller and space opera genres.
He lives in fabulous Las Vegas with his incredible wife and three boys, amazing children bent on anarchy.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) much to his surprise and spent ten years on active duty in the United States Army. He deployed on two combat tours to Iraq and received the Combat Action Badge, Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation.
The Ember War Saga:
1. The Ember War
2. The Ruins of Anthalas
3. Blood of Heroes
4. Earth Defiant
5. The Gardens of Nibiru
6. Battle of the Void
7. The Siege of Earth
8. The Crucible
9. The Xaros Reckoning
Terran Armored Corps
1. Iron Dragoons
2. The Ibarra Sanction
3. The True Measure
4. A House Divided
5. The Last Aeon
6. Ferrum Corde
Terran Strike Marines
1. The Dotari Salvation
2. Rage of Winter
3. Valdar's Hammer
4. The Beast of Eridu
5. Gott Mit Uns
The Exiled Fleet:
1. Albion Lost
2. The Long March
3. Finest Hour
4. Point of Honor
The Terra Nova Chronicles
1. Terra Nova
2. Bloodlines
3. Wings of Redemption
4. Hale's War
Subscribe to Richard's spam free email list and get free short stories set during the Ember War Saga (and more as they become available) at: http://eepurl.com/bLj1gf
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Website: www.richardfoxauthor.com
He lives in fabulous Las Vegas with his incredible wife and three boys, amazing children bent on anarchy.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) much to his surprise and spent ten years on active duty in the United States Army. He deployed on two combat tours to Iraq and received the Combat Action Badge, Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation.
The Ember War Saga:
1. The Ember War
2. The Ruins of Anthalas
3. Blood of Heroes
4. Earth Defiant
5. The Gardens of Nibiru
6. Battle of the Void
7. The Siege of Earth
8. The Crucible
9. The Xaros Reckoning
Terran Armored Corps
1. Iron Dragoons
2. The Ibarra Sanction
3. The True Measure
4. A House Divided
5. The Last Aeon
6. Ferrum Corde
Terran Strike Marines
1. The Dotari Salvation
2. Rage of Winter
3. Valdar's Hammer
4. The Beast of Eridu
5. Gott Mit Uns
The Exiled Fleet:
1. Albion Lost
2. The Long March
3. Finest Hour
4. Point of Honor
The Terra Nova Chronicles
1. Terra Nova
2. Bloodlines
3. Wings of Redemption
4. Hale's War
Subscribe to Richard's spam free email list and get free short stories set during the Ember War Saga (and more as they become available) at: http://eepurl.com/bLj1gf
Like him on Facebook (best place to reach him): https://www.facebook.com/Richard-Fox-...
Website: www.richardfoxauthor.com
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October 9, 2023
October 2023
Gotta pay attention with this one. Good story, though! There are a lot of characters with odd names, so when you listen rather than read you need to know who's who. This is a classic tale of a big bad human corporation who are all about profits, trying to make a ruthless queen happy by invading a planet and killing off the native population. Meanwhile we've got a couple of human anthropologists (in disguise) who've been on the planet raising their son. All hell breaks loose and they run into some trouble when they're discovered. They run - because trying to convince the locals that they want to help defend the planet from the people who look just like them isn't really going that well.
There are other plot points too having to do with the various cultures planet-wide. Interesting stuff.
RC Bray makes it better than not. I wish there had been more clever humor as it would have really elevated the story to 4.5 stars.
August 2021
Not a bad story but I could have done with a little less graphic description of blood and gore. Don't get me wrong - I mean only slightly - but I did shudder a couple of times at the mental picture of someone who was eviscerated or had his head turned into a burned, blackened skull. Yikes.
Things ended abruptly but of course they did, as a lead into the second book. I wish I didn't have to wait for the next one to come out on audio, but oh well, that's life. At least, life in the audiobook world. RC Bray can only get so much done in a day and he's busy every single day. I'll wait.
Gotta pay attention with this one. Good story, though! There are a lot of characters with odd names, so when you listen rather than read you need to know who's who. This is a classic tale of a big bad human corporation who are all about profits, trying to make a ruthless queen happy by invading a planet and killing off the native population. Meanwhile we've got a couple of human anthropologists (in disguise) who've been on the planet raising their son. All hell breaks loose and they run into some trouble when they're discovered. They run - because trying to convince the locals that they want to help defend the planet from the people who look just like them isn't really going that well.
There are other plot points too having to do with the various cultures planet-wide. Interesting stuff.
RC Bray makes it better than not. I wish there had been more clever humor as it would have really elevated the story to 4.5 stars.
August 2021
Not a bad story but I could have done with a little less graphic description of blood and gore. Don't get me wrong - I mean only slightly - but I did shudder a couple of times at the mental picture of someone who was eviscerated or had his head turned into a burned, blackened skull. Yikes.
Things ended abruptly but of course they did, as a lead into the second book. I wish I didn't have to wait for the next one to come out on audio, but oh well, that's life. At least, life in the audiobook world. RC Bray can only get so much done in a day and he's busy every single day. I'll wait.
August 22, 2021
Not quite what I expected based on the description, but a decent enough story anyway. Not interesting enough for me to continue with the series, but it's fine as a stand-alone story anyway. The world building is interesting, but the conflict is nothing new, and that leaves me thinking the rest of the series will be similar. I generally like about half of the books this author puts out, because sometimes, I think he falls prey to the wheel of time syndrome, Take an interesting story, then pull and stretch it until it's twice or three times as long as it needs to be, then tell the story in as many books as possible. This makes it necessary to read two or three books to get the content of what should be in a single book, and that makes me considerably less likely to pick up one of his books, because I never know if it's one that will be the glue, or if it's one that will be the clutter.
January 12, 2025
Tyr zinātniskās fantastikas triloģija aizsākas ar kārtējo citplanētiešu iebrukumu, kur tiem neinteresē nekas cits, kā vien atbrīvot planētu no nevēlamiem pamatiedzīvotājiem, lai varētu to nodot tālāk citiem nākotnes kolonistiem, kuriem uz savas planētas kļuvis par šauru un citus kaimiņus, kur nu vēl citas rases, tie nevēlas. Tik āķis un atšķirīgais no citām līdzīga tipa sērijām, ka šoreiz sižets ir apvērstās lomās, kur cilvēki (ar dažiem izņēmumiem) ir iebrucēji un agresori.
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September 7, 2021
*Entertaining Satirical SciFi — Flows Smoothly*
Richard Fox’s “The Tyr: Arrival,” is a fast-paced, satirical romp of a read.
The story flows smoothly with minimal writing hiccups, a reminder that when the author so chooses to write in his voice, as opposed to his dalliances with outsourcing to others or joining others’ franchises, he creates thoroughly enjoyable reads.
“The Tyr: Arrival” was read via Kindle Unlimited and is recommended.
Richard Fox’s “The Tyr: Arrival,” is a fast-paced, satirical romp of a read.
The story flows smoothly with minimal writing hiccups, a reminder that when the author so chooses to write in his voice, as opposed to his dalliances with outsourcing to others or joining others’ franchises, he creates thoroughly enjoyable reads.
“The Tyr: Arrival” was read via Kindle Unlimited and is recommended.
August 21, 2021
Now this is good
I like Richard Fox's writing. I like the concept of The Tyr. If you liked Avatar, you will love this. Same story concept,, human greed strikes again. Buy it, Read it...
I like Richard Fox's writing. I like the concept of The Tyr. If you liked Avatar, you will love this. Same story concept,, human greed strikes again. Buy it, Read it...
September 12, 2021
Uneven
An uneven story that lurches from mildly exciting to downright ridiculous. Very short and part one ends too abruptly. If the story would be complete I might give a higher score, but as it’s truncated it’s a weak two from me.
An uneven story that lurches from mildly exciting to downright ridiculous. Very short and part one ends too abruptly. If the story would be complete I might give a higher score, but as it’s truncated it’s a weak two from me.
October 11, 2022
Lots of Sci-Fi fun!
Exciting world building with some new twists and interesting takes on human expansion in a galaxy. The corporate bad guy with presumably huge regulatory capture from distant governments that have been frightened by unintended consequences from poor oversight are determined to make money at the expense of their own wage slaves & a yet uncolonized primitive, intelligent, and oppressive species in the way of that black bottom line. Against this massive force are insightful individuals that have to unite the world’s oppressive factions while betraying their own. Down with corporate greed, free the oppressed oppressors, and all will be good again - or will it?
Exciting world building with some new twists and interesting takes on human expansion in a galaxy. The corporate bad guy with presumably huge regulatory capture from distant governments that have been frightened by unintended consequences from poor oversight are determined to make money at the expense of their own wage slaves & a yet uncolonized primitive, intelligent, and oppressive species in the way of that black bottom line. Against this massive force are insightful individuals that have to unite the world’s oppressive factions while betraying their own. Down with corporate greed, free the oppressed oppressors, and all will be good again - or will it?
October 24, 2022
Take the the Avatar movie, make the aliens more human, and give them late 20th century earth level technology, swap the evil human military for evil human corporations and that's this book.
World building was interesting, good characters were ok, but the bad guys were just over the top cartoony evil. Gave up when they bad guys captured one of the humanoid aliens, half killing him in the process, then did a bunch of painful and invasive medical procedures, including taking a bunch of his bone marrow etc for science (they can't use any form and anesthesia on their own humans unless that program things specifically for that individual), then that same day, the big bad leader guy needed to fight him in hand to hand combat, just for fun.
Sorry, this was a dnf for me.
World building was interesting, good characters were ok, but the bad guys were just over the top cartoony evil. Gave up when they bad guys captured one of the humanoid aliens, half killing him in the process, then did a bunch of painful and invasive medical procedures, including taking a bunch of his bone marrow etc for science (they can't use any form and anesthesia on their own humans unless that program things specifically for that individual), then that same day, the big bad leader guy needed to fight him in hand to hand combat, just for fun.
Sorry, this was a dnf for me.
April 23, 2022
Daniel fought as a soldier for a long time but gave it all up for a science job a safer job. He was supposed to study the Tyr over several years their mission was to have ended when the replacements arrived, however Daniel found out that the replacements job was to obliterate the Tyr, now Daniel must find a away to do what is right.
This was a wonderful, exciting book. It has plenty of action and some suspense. The audio was wonderful to listen to as narrator R.C. Bray did a awesome job bringing it all to life through his voice. I can't wait to see what happens to the Tyr, Daniel and Daniels family in the next book.
This was a wonderful, exciting book. It has plenty of action and some suspense. The audio was wonderful to listen to as narrator R.C. Bray did a awesome job bringing it all to life through his voice. I can't wait to see what happens to the Tyr, Daniel and Daniels family in the next book.
September 14, 2021
The Tyr - humanity's long lost cousins or aliens following a parallel racial development?
Either way - their planet is scheduled to be inhabited by humans after the Tyr are extinguished. Not all humans agree with the decision, but it's too late to stop the Tyr extinction. Or is it?
Humanity struggles with the inhumanity of the Tyr solution? Some. A few. Not enough. Too late? Maybe. Maybe not. Interesting characters and a storyline twisting in the winds of Manifest Destiny make for some confusion, but hopefully will all come together in the end. We'll see.
Either way - their planet is scheduled to be inhabited by humans after the Tyr are extinguished. Not all humans agree with the decision, but it's too late to stop the Tyr extinction. Or is it?
Humanity struggles with the inhumanity of the Tyr solution? Some. A few. Not enough. Too late? Maybe. Maybe not. Interesting characters and a storyline twisting in the winds of Manifest Destiny make for some confusion, but hopefully will all come together in the end. We'll see.
October 1, 2021
Great beginning to series
The story does the worst of humankind driven by capitalism and profit with no respect for the rights of humans or aliens. The attitudes and beliefs of the antagonists are well defined on both sides and it’s impact on the savagery is vividly described . It will draw you in and leave you eager to read the next chapter of this gruesome story
The story does the worst of humankind driven by capitalism and profit with no respect for the rights of humans or aliens. The attitudes and beliefs of the antagonists are well defined on both sides and it’s impact on the savagery is vividly described . It will draw you in and leave you eager to read the next chapter of this gruesome story
August 11, 2021
Another good one from Richard
There are few authors capable of bringing worlds to life and making them truly believable.
Richard is one those blessed few.
He has this incredible ability of bringing these outwardly worlds & dimension to life that they cease to be imaginary.
There are few authors capable of bringing worlds to life and making them truly believable.
Richard is one those blessed few.
He has this incredible ability of bringing these outwardly worlds & dimension to life that they cease to be imaginary.
August 16, 2021
I liked this book. Although like many others lately it made me feel like there were others before it. I’ll have to research the author more, it seemed to leave out some backstory that would have allowed me to understand what was happening in the beginning.
August 27, 2021
New story and characters that are absolutely intriguing to read about.
Richard Fox creates another winner with this new sci-fi story. I have yet to be able to get any work done at home when reading his stories. Looking forward to the next book in this series. Thank you Mr Fox
Richard Fox creates another winner with this new sci-fi story. I have yet to be able to get any work done at home when reading his stories. Looking forward to the next book in this series. Thank you Mr Fox
September 3, 2021
By far my favorite author.. I get excited when I see a new release coming out..
As for the book I enjoyed it and find the mixture of the narrator R.C. Bray and author R. Fox makes for a great listen and of course the author builds great characters in all his books be it hero or villain..
As for the book I enjoyed it and find the mixture of the narrator R.C. Bray and author R. Fox makes for a great listen and of course the author builds great characters in all his books be it hero or villain..
September 7, 2021
A great book that I stumbled across. The world-building and character development are excellent. The story has enough action to keep you fully invested in the story. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
August 21, 2021
Excellent
A must read for all Richard Fox fans. Anyone looking for a new series to start shoulder read The Tyr.
I just hope the second book doesn’t take long.
A must read for all Richard Fox fans. Anyone looking for a new series to start shoulder read The Tyr.
I just hope the second book doesn’t take long.
August 22, 2021
Great book. I love the story line and tha fact that our heros are a family! Can't wait for book#2!
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September 8, 2021
great book
Nice read, great characters. Looking forward to the next book in the series. I like this low tech takes in high tech face off.
Nice read, great characters. Looking forward to the next book in the series. I like this low tech takes in high tech face off.
December 1, 2021
Truely fantastic
A really great story and a thought provoking look at a dark future for humans that I hope we never become.
A really great story and a thought provoking look at a dark future for humans that I hope we never become.
December 18, 2021
Great start to the series. Introducing the characters and the universe that it sits in. Looking forward to reading the next in the series
May 6, 2023
Good looking forward to reading the next book.
December 28, 2023
Good book. Excellent and accurate depiction of how large corporations would act if not regulated by governments and laws.
Want to read
January 17, 2024No idea how this got marked as a book I was reading. I'm not.
April 18, 2025
Interesting setup, but I anticipated the rest of the series being a bunch of shoot 'em up stuff with too much predictability so won't be reading the rest of the trilogy.
November 12, 2025
this was an enjoyable sci-fi book I enjoyed the characters and the story. I've got so many book twos to read so I'm not sure if or when I'll read the sequel.
August 4, 2024
I seldom ever stop reading a book, but I just couldn't with this one. I found my mind wondering far to much. The book could have been written by a ChatGPT plot. There is nothing original to it. Change a few details and you are watching James Cameron's Avatar.
October 6, 2023
The main characters are a family of humans who have the chameleon ability to look like the alien race on the planet. They are on a peaceful mission to observe for a decade to learn about the inhabitants. Think of Star Trek, when a federation officer would look like an alien and just observe the alien world to learn. When a rogue faction of humans come to terminate the planet inhabitants in order to take over the planet, the family will not be a part of genocide, and seeks to fight back. But the family, is a middle tier in a caste system, so they need some help. The aliens are like America circa 1970, in terms of technology. The aliens are much more advanced than we are today, with advanced space faring tech.
As for the book, it ended too abruptly. I would typically dock the rating by a full star due to the abrupt ending that one finds only in authors who believe each book does not need to be a full story unto itself. However, the plot was so interesting that I left the rating at 4 stars. I thought things got a bit lost when the author would give us the point of view from a trivial or insignificant character, but overall, I enjoyed the plot enough to ignore that.
As for the book, it ended too abruptly. I would typically dock the rating by a full star due to the abrupt ending that one finds only in authors who believe each book does not need to be a full story unto itself. However, the plot was so interesting that I left the rating at 4 stars. I thought things got a bit lost when the author would give us the point of view from a trivial or insignificant character, but overall, I enjoyed the plot enough to ignore that.
October 7, 2023
Re listened to it to refresh the story before listening to book 2. It's even better 2nd time at you can ponder little details.
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