The Ember War

Publisher's Pack, Books 1-2

By: Richard Fox

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

The Ember War, book 1: The Earth is doomed. Humanity has a chance.

In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission: to determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada. The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth's population. Humanity's only chance lies with Ibarra's ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival. Earth will need a fleet. One with a hidden purpose. One strong enough to fight a battle against annihilation.

The Ember War is the first installment in an epic military sci-fi series. If you enjoyed A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo and The Last Starship by Vaughn Heppner, then you'll love this explosive adventure with constant thrills and high stakes from beginning to end.

The Ruins of Anthalas, book 2: An ancient holocaust holds the key to humanity's survival.

Only a sliver of mankind survived the Xaros invasion. With Earth's defenses in ashes, nothing can stop the aliens' inevitable return. Hope arrives through a cryptic message from a long-lost alien race, promising the means to rebuild the shattered space fleet. Captain Valdar takes one of the last strike carriers, the Breitenfeld, and his shell-shocked crew on a desperate mission to the dead world. Unfortunately humans aren't the only power that received the ancient message....

The Ruins of Anthalas is the second book in The Ember War Saga, a military sci-fi space opera. If you like David Weber and John Ringo with a touch of Isaac Asimov, then you'll love this fast-paced and captivating adventure where humanity survives at the edge of a knife.

©2015 Richard Fox (P)2016 Podium Publishing

A thoroughly enjoyable novel

High marks to both the author for his ability to blend a proper amount of humor and sarcasm in with a story mix where most of human population is decimated. It was re-assuring to hear that humans still retained the sense of humor and sarcasm under such extreme situations. The narrator was superb in being able to distinctly mimic so many different dialects and accents which is really important for me to my ability to rate an audiobook with high marks.

The author also took care in creating a good mix of characters along with interesting back stories and it was a rare treat to have a French female fighter pilot in the mix and have Daniels provide her with a good French accent. The whole scene with the 3 remaining ardent ChiCom fighter pilots and the ribbing they get for joining the North Atlantic flight squadron was classic hilarious.

While this is classified as being in the SciFi/Contemporary genre, I would say it could equally have been classified in the SciFi/Military genre.

Can't wait for the 3rd installment of the novel, Blood of Heros, come out.

good book

loved this story, very engaging it was very well thought out, I really appreciated the length not to short I can't wait for the next book!

GREAT story!!

I have been reading sci-fi for 40 years, I had given up reading much since so many stories / writers are really not worth my time. Well Mr Fox's stories are well worth my time, I will not give away any of the stories but inter play between charities and multiple level stout lines makes this whole series a great read

Great Space Opera!

Great story, very well developed plot and characters. Well worth the credit. Look forward to listening to the rest.

Wonderful story

That story line is one that hooks you keeps you wanting more. The characters are relatable and you don't want to see anything happen to them.

Solid entertaining story. Worth your time.

Takes a little while to get into but we'll worth your time. The visual descriptions are excellent. The Iron Heart "Armor" team is my favorite.

Edge of your seat military scifi.

I really enjoyed the story. I would recommend this book to others and I will be getting the remaining books.

exciting beginning the end.

this book is exciting beginning to end . unfortunately it is over before you know it. Thank goodness there's 9 of them

great

Enjoyed the story, I'll do my best to listen to the rest of the series.

really good series

I highly recommend this military syfy series. I'm ready for the remaining books on Audible