Quarter Share
by:
Nathan Lowell (author)
Limited Time Offer: Get the first two books in the Trader's Tales for just 99-cents each. Owner's Share is slated for release October, 2013. Get ready now.The Golden Age of Sail has Returned -- in the Year 2352 When his mother dies in a flitter crash, eighteen-year-old Ishmael Horatio Wang must...
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Limited Time Offer: Get the first two books in the Trader's Tales for just 99-cents each. Owner's Share is slated for release October, 2013. Get ready now.The Golden Age of Sail has Returned -- in the Year 2352 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. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION 2008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Full Share 2008 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Double Share 2008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for South Coast 2009 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Captain's Share 2009 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Double Share 2010 Parsec Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction for Captain's Share2011 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fictions (Short Form) for Amazing Amulet of Amenartas2011 Parsec Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction (Long Form) for Owner's Share 4 out of 10 Books on Podiobooks.com Top Overall Rated by Votes (2. Double Share, 3. Quarter Share, 5. Full Share, 8. Half Share) -- as of Jan 2010 6 out of 10 Books on Podiobooks.com Top Overall Rating (1. Ravenwood, 2. Quarter Share, 3. Double share, 4. Captain's Share, 5. Full Share, 7. South Coast) -- as of Jan 2010 GOLDEN AGE OF THE SOLAR CLIPPER SERIESTrader's TalesQuarter ShareHalf ShareFull ShareDouble Share Captain's ShareOwner's Share Shaman TalesSouth Coast Cape Grace*
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780982514542 (0982514549)
Publish date: April 20th 2010
Publisher: Ridan Publishing
Pages no: 282
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Space,
Adult,
Space Opera,
Coming Of Age,
Slice Of Life
Series: Golden Age of the Solar Clipper (#1)
[9/2010]No superheroes. No monster aliens. No space battles. Just an uncommon young man coping with the unexpected changes in his life struggling to make a place for himself aboard an interstellar freighter. Likable characters with surprising depth. A very enjoyable read. [5/5/2016]This was pro...
Eighteen year old Ishmael Horatio Wang was to start University, where his mother taught, on Neris. Then like the breeze, his life drasticly changes with a series of bad news, starting with his mother's death in a flitter accident. In order to stay on Neris, a company planet, he has to find work. The...