Trident's Forge

Children of a Dead Earth, Book 2

By: Patrick S. Tomlinson

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

They've made it this far. If only that increased humanity's chances on this new planet....

Against all odds, the Ark and her 30,000 survivors have reached Tau Ceti G to begin the long, arduous task of rebuilding human civilization. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Tau Ceti G's natives, the g'tel, are coming to grips with the sudden appearance of what many believe are their long-lost gods.

But first contact between humans and g'tel goes catastrophically wrong, visiting death on both sides. Rumors swirl that the massacre was no accident. The Ark's greatest hero, Bryan Benson, takes on the mystery.

Partnered with native "truth-digger" Kexx against both of their better judgment, Benson is thrust into the heart of an alien culture with no idea how to tell who wants to worship him from who wants him dead.

Together, Benson and Kexx will have to find enough common ground and trust to uncover a plot that threatens to plunge both of their peoples into an apocalyptic war that neither side can afford to fight.

©2016 Patrick S. Tomlinson (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Great Story

The reader would sometimes make it difficult to understand when a speaker has changed, but for the most part he was on it. The story, suspense and plot twists were great. I'd recommend this to anyone that is interested in a good sci-fi mystery

Good story line...

What a drag that such a great story line in this series has such coarse and foul language. I won't be listening to the next one.

Glad the story continues!

What did you love best about Trident's Forge?

I liked that this was a story about first contact that wasn't as happy happy joy joy as Star Trek yet still left me with hope.

Which scene was your favorite?

The battle of the black bridge was pretty intense.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Can humanity do it right this time?

Outta The Park

Great book!! Although 2nd in series, can be read independent of 1st and be every bit as enjoyable... First contact, and the evolution of culture/s is done w/ some fabulous perspective, as well as introspection... Love aliens that are portrayed as alien. This novel does that beautifully while simultaneously presenting the inherent similarities between sentients... Good mystery, Wonderful narrative and dialogue, and superb action and pacing... Narration is pretty decent, but sounds a bit odd at times w/ certain accents attempted, along w/ some minor mispronunciations, but doesn't detract or distract... Outstanding ending sequences, and I sincerely hope there's more to the story...

Wonderful meld of scifi, humor and cultural commentary

This may be the first review I've written. I'm not a hard core scifi fan, but am always willing to embrace a great story line.

I've read both books available in this series. The writing is excellent. The narrator is outstanding.

My favorite aspects of the series are the continuing evolution and world building. I'm not going to ruin the stories for you but it's clear that both of these areas will continue to develop.

I'm excited to see where the author goes next, but please don't change the narrator. He does a great job with both the male and female characters.