It’s the year 2277. For fifty years, Earth has received mysterious data transmissions from random locations in deep space. The streams include advanced technology, allowing Humans to achieve faster-than-light travel virtually overnight. As we prepare to take our first, tentative steps into interstellar space, we know almost nothing about our alien benefactors, and their motivations remain unexplained. While completing their shakedown cruise, Captain Tom Prescott and the crew of the first Terran Fleet Command starship, TFS Ingenuity, stumble into a first contact situation. They learn that Earth is not the first civilization granted access to the stars before their time – and how this Faustian gift has inevitably led to centuries of interstellar war. Humanity’s existence hangs in the balance as a powerful alliance assembles a preemptive military strike, believing it to be their only option to protect themselves … from us. Prescott and his small, initially unarmed starship must serve as our only line of defense. Ingenuity is our only hope. _________ TFS INGENUITY is the first book of the Terran Fleet Command Saga by author Tori Harris. The story is typically associated with the military science fiction, space exploration science fiction, colonization, first contact, genetic engineering, space opera technothriller, galactic empire, or alien invasion categories. "The author's admitted fondness for Tom Clancy and Patrick O'Brian is readily apparent. In fact, if you ever fantasized about Jack Aubrey as captain of a starship, well this book will get you close." - David Miller "The Terran Fleet Command Saga has cemented his place in my library next to Weber. Great read." - Timothy Denny "Another cracking good read from Harris. I particularly like the slow development of all the battle sequences. The detail present in the background makes the whole thing very believable. The only frustrating thing is that it's such a good story I can't put the book down and I finished it in two days!" - Ian Thompson "My new favorite Author!" - Peter Roseman "This is the best 'first novel' I've read since Ryk Brown's start to 'The Frontiers Saga'. Tori Harris weaves together his take on Earth's future with a dose of urban legend and a bit of conspiracy theory (impossible engine - Roswell aliens). I've read a lot of science fiction from the Kindle Store and this is one of my favorites." - Everette Aston "I am so glad Tori is a self publishing author - proving you don't need the support of the "big 5" to be an amazing story teller." - Charles Corbett "This was a great book. Lots of real seeming science, good character development, realistic dialogue, one of the best books I have read in science fiction in a long time. No unnecessary sex, no bad language! Editing was great. I read at least a book a day, of some sort, and have for about 40 years, so I have read a lot of books. This was really good and I can't wait for the next. A lot of the stuff I get from kindle unlimited is bad! But this definitely was good." - Sharon Billingsley "The battle scenes were described in amazing detail and interplay between the various species opened the plot to all kinds of new directions - It has blossomed into a very Raymond Weil epic arc but with a very sophisticated Tom Clancy vibe that I truly love." - Michael Matthews Books by Tori L. Harris THE TERRAN FLEET COMMAND SAGA: TFS INGENUITY TFS THESEUS (sequel to TFS Ingenuity) TFS NAVAJO (sequel to TFS Theseus) TFS FUGITIVE (sequel to TFS Navajo) TFS GUARDIAN (sequel to TFS Fugitive) DFV ETHEREAL (sequel to TFS Guardian) TFS KATANA (sequel to DFV Ethereal - forthcoming) _________ Have questions about the series? Please visit my FAQ at: AuthorToriHarris.com/FAQ/ Born in 1969, four months before the first Apollo moon landing, Tori Harris grew up during the era of the original Star Wars movies and is a lifelong science fiction fan. During his early professional career, he was fortunate enough to briefly have the opportunity to fly jets in the U.S. Air Force and is still a private pilot who loves to fly. Tori has always loved to read and now combines his love of classic naval fiction with military Sci-Fi when writing his own books. His favorite authors include Patrick O'Brian and Tom Clancy as well as more recent self-published authors like Michael Hicks, Ryk Brown, and Joshua Dalzelle. Tori lives in Tennessee with his beautiful wife and Bizkit, his intrepid, ten-pound Bichon Shih Tzu. For more information, check out the author's site at AuthorToriHarris.com.