Richard Fox has 28 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 9 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 440 ratings. The most-rated is The Ember War.
The Ember War
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
Iron Dragoons
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Winner of the 2017 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel I am Armor. I am fury. I will not fail. Soldiers of the Terran Armor Corps wage war across the stars. Wired into mechanized battle suits, they fight the terrifying battles which must be won, no matter the cost. Their deeds are legend, their reputation feared by the enemies of Earth and her allies, but how the Corps forges young men and women into mighty warriors is shrouded by mystery. Roland Shaw lost his parents to war, he volunteers for the Armor Corps to honor their memory and discover just how far he can push himself. To succeed, he must find the iron in his heart and prove himself worthy to the Corps. For the Armor, there is no substitute for victory and to fail is to die. Iron Dragoons is an action-packed military sci-fi novel, the first of a new series by the author of The Ember War Saga.
©2017 Richard Fox (P)2017 Podium Publishing
The Siege of Earth
Summary
Only an ember of humanity survived the first Xaros invasion. Now the Xaros return to deliver the final blow to Earth and her defenders. A moon carrying an armada of Xaros drones unleashes its deadly cargo on the solar system. Fortress Mars stands between the enemy and an ill-defended Earth. While the battle rages over the red planet, the Breitenfeld must launch a desperate mission to Pluto to cut off enemy reinforcements. Earth stands on the brink of ruin, and humanity needs every hero it can find to turn back the tide of destruction. The Ember War enters its final stages in The Siege of Earth.
©2016 Richard Fox (P)2016 Podium Publishing
The Xaros Reckoning
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The final battle begins. The Xaros Masters destroyed Bastion, the Alliance against the alien invaders has failed. Earth stands against the full force of the enemy's unending drone fleets. With their backs against the wall, Captain Valdar and the Breitenfeld must lead a last ditch mission to end the war against the Xaros. Can humanity pay the price for ultimate victory?
©2016 Richard Fox (P)2017 Podium Publishing
Terra Nova Chronicles: Publisher's Pack
Summary
Terra Nova, Book 1 Terra Nova. The promised world is humanity’s new home, safe from the threats of a dangerous galaxy, where veterans of a long war could live in peace. The promise was a lie. Chief Katherine “Kit” Carson, of the elite Pathfinder Corps, joins the mission as a last-minute replacement, hoping to put a spotty past behind her and build a new life on a brave new world. The expedition arrives on Terra Nova, expecting to join the first wave of colonists, instead they find abandoned cities and are soon faced with a new, terrifying enemy humanity has never encountered before. For the colony to survive, Carson must unravel the mystery of her new home and learn the fate of the first mission to settle the planet.... Bloodlines, Book 2 Terra Nova broke free of the Ultari tyrants, but the colony’s struggle to survive has just begun. Governor Ken Hale and his expedition brought technology to the Canis Major galaxy that will change the balance of power forever, and the Ultari will stop at nothing to take it for themselves. The colony needs allies, and with no other options, Hale sends Chief Kit Carson on a first contact mission that will either shield their vulnerable world or invite its swift destruction.
©2017 Richard Fox and Josh Hayes (P)2018 Podium Publishing
The Battle of the Void
Summary
The Xaros drove humanity to the edge of extinction. Now, an immense alien fleet is on the way to Earth to end the human race. Earth's defenses are in shambles. The planet needs time to ready for the next invasion, time it doesn't have. The Xaros are en route to Earth, and it will take a daring mission to buy Earth the chance it needs to survive the next attack. While a fleet of brave men and women prepare to face down the Xaros, the Breitenfeld travels to an ancient world where the key to ultimate victory lies buried beneath the crimes of the enigmatic Malal. What price must be paid to secure the aide of this evil being? The fate of the Earth rests with the Battle of the Void.
©2016 Podium Publishing; 2016 Richard Fox
The True Measure
Summary
The Ibarra Nation holds Roland prisoner. The armor soldier’s fate lies in the hands of the inhuman Stacey Ibarra. Roland will face the truth behind the Ibarra rebellion and decide if his loyalties are to Earth or his ideals. While the Iron Dragoons recover from their last battle, dark forces are at work. Gideon is called as a witness to New Bastion, where the treaty that opened the stars to humanity may force all-out war with the Ibarras or turn the rest of the galaxy against Earth. Beyond the edge of known space, an old enemy readies a vendetta that can only be ended with humanity’s extinction.
©2017 Richard Fox (P)2018 Podium Publishing
Blood of Heroes
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A peaceful planet needs a miracle to survive an alien onslaught. It's got the Strike Carrier Breitenfeld. The Xaros, a galaxy-wide scourge of murderous drones, have their sights set on the planet Takeni. Captain Isaac Valdar volunteers his ship to defend the innocent civilians and evacuate everyone he can. Pressed by an alien fleet in space and a horrifying foe on the surface, the Breitenfeld must risk everything to save the doomed populace.
©2015 Richard Fox (P)2016 Podium Publishing
The Ibarra Sanction
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Once, the Ibarras saved Earth and all of humanity from utter destruction. Now they are fugitives and traitors hunted by the Terran Union's mightiest warriors. After fleeing with a stolen armada, the Ibarra family have finally emerged from hiding and are scouring the galaxy for an ancient alien legacy, destroying any who get in their way. For armor soldier Roland Shaw, the call to put down the Ibarra mutiny is a bitter task as he and the Iron Dragoons come face to face with the Ibarras in order to discover if they are truly their friends or their most deadly foe. The Ibarra Sanction is the second book in Richard Fox's Terran Armor Corps series, a military sci-fi space opera and sequel to the 2017 Dragon Award-nominated novel Iron Dragoons. Listen to this action-packed novel and brace yourself for the revelations that will change Roland's world forever!
©2017 Podium Publishing; 2017 Richard Fox
The Crucible
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The Xaros broke against Earth's defenses, but the war may be lost. The alien ships of former allies rule Earth's skies, threatening to obliterate cities and turn the planet into a barren wasteland if humanity refuses their demands. With their backs to the wall, the scattered crew of the Breitenfeld must work together to foil the enemy's plan before time runs out. The path to freedom leads through The Crucible.
©2016 Richard Fox (P)2017 Podium Publishing
The Gardens of Nibiru
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Earth defeated the Toth invasion. Now humanity takes the fight to the aliens. The supreme Toth overlord, Mentiq, rules his species with an iron fist from his fortress on the planet Nibiru. The first overlord surrounds himself with decadent treasures and the galaxy's deadliest warriors to protect his dominion from treachery and attack. Armed with stolen Toth technology, the Breitenfeld travels to the world with a single mission: assassinate Mentiq and end the Toth threat to Earth. What secrets await Lieutenant Hale and the Breitenfeld in The Gardens of Nibiru?
©2016 Richard Fox (P)2016 Podium Publishing
Earth Defiant
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Betrayed by allies. Beset by new foes. Earth faces its darkest hour since the Xaros invasion. The Toth come to the solar system with a fleet of warships, and they demand the only tool that can rekindle the human race. It falls on Marine Lieutenant Hale to negotiate a pact that will save the human race at the cost of its soul - or start a war with a race of alien predators.
©2016 Richard Fox (P)2016 Podium Publishing
Through the Nether
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Nether Ops works in shadows, and those shadows taint all they touch. Soren Voss believes in the Republic. But when he puts a promising Navy career on hold to serve as a covert agent, he encounters truths that throw everything he knows into turmoil. After weeks in deep cover living life with ruthless gangs, Soren uncovers a stolen cache of weapons, a mysterious upgraded form of legionnaire armor, and a written oath of loyalty for someone named...Goth Sullus. The agent follows leads that bring him face-to-face with crooked legionnaires, slimy politicians, and a powerful smuggler and gunrunner named Scarpia. Soren follows a darkening path to the heart of the Republic, and what he uncovers leaves him wondering not only if the Republic can be saved, but if he's even on the right side. US Army veteran Richard Fox, author of the Ember War Saga, teams up with Anspach & Cole to deliver this thrilling stand-alone set in the aftermath of Galaxy's Edge: Kill Team!
©2019 Galaxy's Edge, LLC (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
Hale's War
Summary
The Battle for Terra Nova rages! The Triumvirate comes to conquer Terra Nova, landing an overwhelming assault by the surface by Netherguard and Ultari warships in orbit, laying siege to the human colony. As the battle grinds on, Governor Ken Hale leads the defenders in a desperate battle for survival. Hoping beyond hope that help will arrive in time to save them. Chief Kit Carson and her Pathfinders, with their new-found allies in tow, race home, praying they make it in time and that their efforts are enough to defeat Emperor Kyrios and his forces. Hale’s War is the final installment in the Terra Nova Chronicles, taking readers on a wild ride or war, redemption, and salvation that culminates in this epic conclusion!
©2019 Richard Fox and Josh Hayes (P)2020 Podium Audio
Terran Strike Marines: Publisher's Pack
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The Dotari Salvation, book 1: When the Terran Union has a mission that must not fail, it calls upon the Strike Marines. They are trained to improvise, adapt, overcome and win every fight. A deadly disease threatens the Dotari, Earth’s allies, with extinction. The cure lies in deep space, and Lieutenant Hoffman and his team will join the starship Breitenfeld as it journeys into the void and makes a desperate attempt to save the dying race. Lurking in the abyss is a threat that’s waited with inhuman patience. Hoffman must lead his Marines through a gauntlet and evade a foe designed to hunt and kill them. The Rage of Winter, book 2: One Shot. One Kill. One sniper to strike fear in the heart of alien invaders. Hoffman’s Strike Marines pursue enemy agents across a wintry world, desperate to stop an insidious threat festering in the heart of the Terran Union. Their hunt is disrupted when the fanatical Kesaht invade and the team is split across the snow and ice of a harsh planet. The team’s sniper, Duke, plays a deadly game of hit-and-run to slow the aliens' advance and earns the ire of the enemy commander. Hoffman, trapped in the frigid wilds, leads his Marines and their cunning prisoners back to the front, where they must join the fight against the Kesaht before the planet is lost. Terran Strike Marines: Publisher's Pack is an action-packed military science-fiction adventure set in the best-selling Ember War universe.
©2018 Richard Fox and Scott Moon (P)2018 Podium Publishing
Terran Armor Corps: Volume 2
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Contains A House Divided (book four), The Last Aeon (book five), and Ferrum Corde (book six) of the Terran Armor Corps series! A crisis grows in the heart of the Terran Union, one that threatens to tear the Iron Dragoons apart. When Roland and his lance rescue an Ibarra crew from a Kesaht attack, those saved become a pawn in a conspiracy that could turn the galaxy against all of humanity. Earth’s senior leaders must sacrifice the captured crew to preserve the peace or risk war with the Ibarra Nation. But Stacey Ibarra and her lieutenants have plans of their own.... Roland, torn between his duty as a Templar and his loyalty to his home world, is thrust into the struggle between the Ibarras and Earth. He must choose between the factions, and there will be no turning back. War rages across the galaxy. And humanity is losing battle after battle. As the war against the Kesaht and their merciless allies grinds on, Gideon and Roland must summon faith and fury to survive. The thrilling conclusion of the second Ember War series!
©2018 Richard Fox (P)2020 Podium Audio
Terran Armor Corps: Volume 1
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Contains the 2017 Dragon Award winner for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy, Iron Dragoons (book one), along with The Ibarra Sanction (book two), and The True Measure (book three) of the Terran Armor Corps series! I am Armor. I am fury. I will not fail. Soldiers of the Terran Armor Corps wage war across the stars. Wired into mechanized battle suits, they fight the terrifying battles that must be won, no matter the cost. Their deeds are legend, their reputation feared by the enemies of Earth and her allies, but how the Corps forges young men and women into mighty warriors is shrouded by mystery. Roland Shaw lost his parents to war; he volunteers for the Armor Corps to honor their memory and discover just how far he can push himself. To succeed, he must find the iron in his heart and prove himself worthy to the Corps. For the Armor, there is no substitute for victory and to fail is to die.
©2017 Richard Fox (P)2020 Podium Audio
A House Divided
Summary
A crisis grows in the heart of the Terran Union: one that threatens to tear the Iron Dragoons apart. When Roland and his lance rescue an Ibarra crew from a Kesaht attack, those saved become a pawn in a conspiracy that could turn the galaxy against all of humanity. Earth’s senior leaders must sacrifice the captured crew to preserve the peace, or risk war with the Ibarra Nation. But Stacey Ibarra and her lieutenants have plans of their own. Roland, torn between his duty as a Templar and his loyalty to his home world, is thrust into the struggle between the Ibarras and Earth. He must choose between the factions, and there will be no turning back. The next chapter of the Dragon Award-winning series will forever change the Ember War universe.
©2018 Richard Fox (P)2018 Podium Publishing
Gott Mit Uns
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Terran Strike Marines fight for victory. No matter the odds. No matter the cost. The final battle against the Kesaht begins. Lieutenant Hoffman and the exhausted Marines of Valdar's Hammer are called upon to make a desperate assault against the enemy's home world. But the foe is prepared, and their planet is a death trap. While the Strike Marines fight for their lives, the fabled ship Breitenfeld remains captured by the Ibarra Nation, and the Ember War hero Valdar languishes in a cell. The ship and her captain are held on a strange world of the Ibarra's design, and only the Hammers can free them. Hoffman and his Strike Marines have fought from the icy wastes of Koen, to the jungles of Eridu, and even deep into the heart of a shattered moon, but their final mission will demand a price in blood. From the Dragon Award-winning, and Nebula Award-nominated Richard Fox and Scott Moon, Gott Mit Uns throws the Terran Strike Marines into the fight of their lives. The thrilling final installment in the Terran Strike Marines series.
©2019 Richard Fox and Scott Moon (P)2019 Podium Publishing
Ferrum Corde
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The war against the Kesaht Alliance enters its final days, and Earth is losing. The Terran Union must launch one last desperate assault to save itself, but the enemy is legion and ready to crush the battle-weary human forces. Earth needs the Ibarra Nation to join the fight, but Stacey Ibarra has other plans. She hunts for a super weapon that will forever alter the balance of power in the galaxy, all the while her mind teeters on the brink of insanity. Roland, her loyal Armor soldier, must decide if she can be trusted to wield the Ark, or if she’s too dangerous to rule the nation he swore to defend. Gideon, his hatred of his former lance mate as white hot as ever, waits for his chance to exact revenge against Roland for his betrayal. Can old vendettas be forgotten? Can the Iron Dragoons reunite to save us all? The second Ember War series rockets to its epic, and tragic, conclusion!
©2019 Richard Fox (P)2019 Podium Publishing