Tony B. Richard

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Sci-fi author | Earth's Secret Alliance 13,600 books sold | 111K Kindle pages read First contact reimagined — what if the aliens came to Earth needing help, not war? Hopepunk sci-fi told through multiple perspectives. 1st book free — tonybrichard.com

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· 15d

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· 16d

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· 29d

✍️ Teen Writers (Ages 13-17): Write a clean micro-story (500-1000 words) starting with "Along the path, I saw..." and you could win a $20 Amazon gift card, a 3D-printed medallion, & a magazine feature! Open July 1-31. 🔗 sunsetvalleycreations.com/contest #writing #writingcommunity #teenwriters

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jul 8

Happy Roswell Day! 🛸 On July 8 we celebrate aliens from the planet Zalma making first contact! Charlie’s Big Chance is a Faith & Family Filmmakers Semifinalist! 🏆 Check out the full breakdown, claim your FREE ebook, and watch our exclusive preview clips here: tonybrichard.com/2026/07/08/g...

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jul 6

Got 2 minutes? ⏳ I'd love your take on this proof-of-concept video for my sci-fi movie. 🎬 Does it build anticipation for a live-action feature? 🌌 Does the tone make you want to see where the story goes? Check it out here: www.rediscoverbacklot.com/the-good-the... #SciFi #IndieFilm #AmWriting

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jun 20

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jun 17

What stories shaped your imagination? #SciFi #Stargate #StarTrek #StarWars #Firefly #Dune #Marvel #MCU #DCcomics I put together a short Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Superhero Fan Survey about the stories we love, what we miss, and what kind of hopeful adventure fans want next. forms.gle/8vaEKncuA4V3...

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jun 13

Every view, like, comment, and video watch helps build momentum and supports the projects. www.rediscoverbacklot.com/filmmaker/68... Thank you for helping show there’s an audience for clean, hopeful, family-friendly sci-fi. #EarthsSecretAlliance #CleanSciFi #SciFi #ReDiscover #Backlot

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jun 12

Earth’s Secret Alliance — The Series Hopeful sci-fi about Roswell, first contact, alien refugees, military secrets, and ordinary people asked to do extraordinary things. www.rediscoverbacklot.com/project/e0aa... #EarthsSecretAlliance #CleanSciFi #SciFi #ReDiscover #Backlot

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jun 11

Charlie’s Big Chance A family-friendly sci-fi adventure about a girl in a wheelchair, her service dog, and a secret that could change everything. www.rediscoverbacklot.com/project/d7e9... #EarthsSecretAlliance #CleanSciFi #SciFi #ReDiscover #Backlot

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Jun 10

The Good, The Bad, and The Undecided A 1947 first-contact story of blackmail, conscience, military secrets, and one officer forced to decide what kind of man he really is. www.rediscoverbacklot.com/project/cd91... #ReDiscover #Backlot #EarthsSecretAlliance #CleanSciFi #SciFi #hopepunk

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· May 31

I put my first 2.5-minute POC on #ReDiscover #Backlot and it's making money! Local BC readers—I’ll be a vendor at the First Annual BC Author Book Fair in Chilliwack next Saturday, June 6th! I’d love to see you there and talk sci-fi in person. 📚👽 tonybrichard.com/2026/05/30/3...

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· May 6

Just wrapped my first podcast interview with @wildsoundpodcast.bsky.social — talking Defying Gravity, franchise building, and why ESA is structured like the MCU. Table read is live: youtu.be/c3d7ULGYSPk #screenwriting #indiefilm #scifi

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· May 4

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· May 1

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 20

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 19

The crash. The questions. The impossible choices. You’ve seen every angle this week—now get the full picture! 🛸 Experience Earth’s Secret Alliance two different ways. Which do you recommend: Chronological or Multi-POV? 👇 tonybrichard.com/2026/04/19/t... #FirstContact #SciFiBooks

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 17

In TGBU & The Woundless War, ambition, fear, and duty collide. Will leaders choose peace over destruction when humanity's survival is on the line? 🎖️🛸 Timeline: books2read.com/FR2A51 Vol 1 (free today): books2read.com/ESAVol1 (Amazon/KU/B&N) #MilitarySciFi

Sci-fi often gives us battles.
What interests me more is what happens before and during those battles — when people in power have to choose what kind of leaders they will be.
In The Good, The Bad, and The Undecided, ambition, fear, and pressure test the people inside the military system.
In The Woundless War, the stakes become even larger, as responsibility and survival collide.
That’s one of the core tensions in Earth’s Secret Alliance: not just whether humanity can survive, but whether we can choose wisdom over panic, duty over ego, and peace over destruction.

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 17

A decorated General blinded by his own pride. A faithful man watching a planet burn from afar. From Naaman to Job, see how these ancient struggles play out among the stars. 🛸 📚 books2read.com/FR2A51 📚 books2read.com/ESAVol1 (Last day FREE) #CleanFiction #MilitarySciFi

Naaman almost walked away from his healing because the instructions were too simple. He expected something dramatic — something worthy of his rank. When the prophet said "Go wash in the Jordan," he was offended.
General Greg Newman is cut from the same cloth. Practical. Decorated. Certain he already knows how the world works. He's not a villain — he's just a man whose confidence in his own judgment has quietly become the thing standing between him and the truth.
His arc in The Good, The Bad and The Undecided isn't about a bad man becoming good. It's about a proud man finally seeing clearly. If you've ever had a moment where God had to strip away your certainty before you could hear Him — you'll recognize that story.
Frank Jones is carrying the opposite weight. He believes. He's done everything right. And he's still watching a planet burn while his ship is two months away. That's Job territory. That's Paul writing "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content" — from a prison cell.
Faithfulness doesn't always look like winning. But the story isn't over yet.
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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 15

Meet Mary, bringing stubborn intelligence to first contact, & Charlie, a 12yo reporter digging for truth. In Earth’s Secret Alliance, the story belongs to women who refuse to sit on the sidelines! 🛸 Timeline: books2read.com/FR2A51 Vol 1 (free today) : books2read.com/ESAVol1 #WomenInSciFi

Not every hero in a sci-fi story carries a weapon.
Some ask better questions.
Some notice what others miss.
Some refuse to be dismissed.
In Defying Gravity, Mary Goss brings intelligence, determination, and more than a little stubbornness to a situation no one fully understands.
In Charlie’s Big Chance, twelve-year-old Charlie Baker does what reporters do best: she keeps digging. While everyone else is busy controlling the story, Charlie wants the truth.
That’s one of the things I love most about Earth’s Secret Alliance: the fate of the story doesn’t just rest on generals and soldiers. It also rests on women and girls who pay attention, speak up, and refuse to sit quietly on the sidelines.

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 14

Charlie and Mary don't get sidelined. Like Ester they are in the right place at the right time. The ones the world dismisses are the ones God had in mind. 📚 Roswell to Area 51: books2read.com/FR2A51 📚 ESA: Vol. 1 (Free today): books2read.com/ESAVol1 #HopePunk #ChristianSciFi

When Esther was brought to the palace, she didn't look like a world-changer. She looked like a girl who happened to end up in the right place. It wasn't until the moment arrived that anyone could see she had been prepared for it.

Dr. Mary Goss earned her PhD and got shown the door the same day. Too young. Too female. Too far ahead of everyone around her. The institution that shaped her decided it was done with her — and sent her straight into the arms of the most classified project on Earth.
She was prepared for exactly this. She just didn't know it yet.

And Charlie Baker — twelve years old, in a wheelchair, already knowing too much about the Roswell crash — reminds me of Samuel. Young. Underestimated. Called anyway. Or the boy with five loaves and two fish. What could possibly be enough? More than anyone expected.

These women don't get sidelined in this story. They're the reason the mission works at all. There's something quietly biblical about that — the ones the world dismisses turning out to be exactly who God had in mind.
📚 From Roswell to Area 51: https://books2read.com/FR2A51
📚 ESA: Vol. 1 — The Novella Collection: https://books2read.com/ESAVol1
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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 14

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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 13

An alien crash. A soldier standing up to a bully. A negotiator with no playbook. In 1947, alien refugees bet everything on human compassion. Earth's Secret Alliance starts here. 🛸✨ Timeline: books2read.com/FR2A51 Vol 1: books2read.com/ESAVol1 Amazon/KU/B&N! #SciFi #hopepunk

In 1947, an alien ship crashed outside Roswell, New Mexico.
The crew wasn't invading. They were refugees — and they'd traveled across the galaxy betting their entire civilization on one thing: human compassion.
Private Malcolm Dow didn't know any of that when he climbed out of that army truck. All he knew was that a smaller soldier was getting bullied, and something inside him snapped.
That moment — one private standing up for another — set off a chain of events that would change the world.
And then there's Ryan Wilcox. A man the military handed an impossible job: negotiate with creatures no human had ever spoken to. No playbook. No precedent. Just him, a room full of aliens who had more to lose than he could imagine, and the terrifying pressure of getting it right.
📚 From Roswell to Area 51 (chronological): https://books2read.com/FR2A51
📚 ESA: Vol. 1 — The Novella Collection (all six novellas, one book): https://books2read.com/ESAVol1

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 12

Ordinary people. Extraordinary calling. If you've ever felt like Gideon—wondering if God got the wrong address—this series is for you. ✨ Dive into Earth's Secret Alliance: 📚 books2read.com/FR2A51 📚 books2read.com/ESAVol1 #ChristianSciFi #CleanFiction #Faith

In Exodus 2, Moses sees an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave — and before he has a plan or a calling or even a clear sense of who he is, something inside him snaps and he steps in.
Private Malcolm Dow had that same moment outside Roswell. A smaller soldier getting pushed around. Nobody else moving. Something inside him snapped.
He had no idea that one unplanned act of decency would put him at the center of the most important alliance in human history.
And then there's Ryan Wilcox — handed the job of negotiating with beings no human had ever spoken to, completely unqualified, with everything on the line. If you've ever stood at a burning bush saying "Who am I that I should go?" — you'll know exactly how Ryan felt. Moses didn't feel ready either. Gideon thought God had the wrong address. But the call came anyway.
It always does.

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 11

"What can she do?". People constantly underestimate 12-year-old Charlie. But God's power is made perfect in weakness. ✨🛸 preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1126... subscribepage.io/TonyBRichard #CleanFiction #ChristianFiction #SciFiBooks #FaithAndFiction #ChristianAuthors

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 10

I wanted to write a hero people don't usually get to see as the hero. Charlie doesn't overcome being 12 and in a wheelchair. Those aren't obstacles — they're who she is. This week's newsletter has more, including a baseball scene you won't expect. 🔗 tonybrichard.com/2026/04/09/s...

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 9

I write stories about wonder, hope, and people finding the courage to do what’s right. If that sounds like something you’d enjoy, you can read my latest newsletter or join my list here: 📩 tonybrichard.com/2026/04/09/s... ✉️ subscribepage.io/TonyBRichard #ChristianBooks #SciFiBooks #AmWriting

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 9

Seeking the truth is a noble calling, but it rarely comes without a cost. Charlie faces a heartbreaking reality when her father chooses safety over honesty. Have you ever had to stand your ground for what is right? books2read.com/CharliesBigChance #ChristianFiction #FaithAndCourage #TruthMatters

Seeking the truth is a noble calling, but it rarely comes without a cost. In Charlie's Big Chance, Charlie faces a heartbreaking reality when her own father—a newspaper owner—chooses safety over honesty.

When the army demands a cover-up, her dad prints a false story about a crashed weather balloon. He tells Charlie to be a "good citizen" and destroy her own truthful reporting. For Charlie, seeing that lie printed in black and white feels like a deep betrayal.

As Christians, we are often called to stand firm in the truth, even when it creates friction with the people we love most. Charlie’s absolute refusal to compromise her integrity is a powerful reminder that doing the right thing isn't always the easy thing.

Have you ever had to stand your ground for what is right, even when it was difficult? Let me know in the comments. 👇
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Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 6

She was 12, in a wheelchair, and already calling herself a reporter — following in her father's footsteps, though he'd never given her the chance. Then a UFO crashed outside Roswell. She wheeled seven miles to the ranch. 📖 books2read.com/CharliesBigChance #SciFi #CleanFiction

Tony B. Richard@tonybrichard· Apr 3

Purpose begins when pride lets go. Mary Goss spent her life proving she was the best - until she realized that being right was not the same as being someone others could rely on. She chose to save the man who belittled her. books2read.com/DefyingGravity #SciFi #CharacterGrowth