Book Recommendation: Quartershare by Nathan Lowell

by | Jul 24, 2015 | recommendation

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 If you’re looking for something to read while you wait for the next installment in Alexis Carew story, I heartily recommend Quartershare by Nathan Lowell:

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.

This isn’t a run-and-gun, space-based, shoot-em-up, but it’s an enjoyable, entertaining read. I’ve always thought that books didn’t have to be about the hero saving the world, they could just be about someone living their life in different circumstances. That’s what Quartershare accomplishes.

Lowell really captures what life onboard a deep space trader might be like. His characters are fleshed out and interesting.

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