Quarter Share

Trader's Tales From The Golden Age Of The Solar Clipper, #1

by Nathan Lowell

224 pages

Published Aug. 9, 2013 by Durandus.

ISBN:: 978-1-940575-00-1

(16 reviews)

THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL HAS RETURNED -- IN THE YEAR 2351

When his mother dies in a flitter crash, eighteen-year-old Ishmael Horatio Wang must find a job with the planet company or leave the system--and NerisCo isn't hiring. With credits running low, and prospects limited, he has just one hope...to enlist for two years with a deep space commercial freighter. Ishmael, who only rarely visited the Neris Orbital, and has never been off-planet alone before, finds himself part of an eclectic crew sailing a deep space leviathan between the stars.

Join the crew of the SC Lois McKendrick, a Manchester built clipper as she sets solar sails in search of profit for her company and a crew each entitled to a share equal to their rating.

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CatFoodHands reviewed Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell (Trader's Tales From The Golden Age Of The Solar Clipper, #1)

Review of "Quarter Share (Trader's Tales From The Golden Age Of The Solar Clipper) (Volume 1)" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I enjoyed this a lot. I approached it after having it described to me as "cozy sci-fi", which was enough to set my expectations. Overall it is an interesting endeavor the characters set out on, and it is fun to follow their youthful passions and see how their enterprises develop. It's a nice snapshot of what life on a ship would be like for the crew.

Fulminata reviewed Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell (Trader's Tales From The Golden Age Of The Solar Clipper, #1)

Review of "Quarter Share (Trader's Tales From The Golden Age Of The Solar Clipper) (Volume 1)" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A refreshingly upbeat book (aside from the opening premise that gets things rolling). Far too much modern genre fiction is obsessed with "grimdark" settings and situations, and it's nice to see something that isn't dark and dreary.

It's also refreshingly short. The author tells an entertaining tale in around 250 pages and I appreciate that after reading far too many overwritten "epics" that could have been gotten across the story in much less space.

I will most likely continue reading this series in the future.