eBook, 250 pages
Published Nov. 23, 2010 by Ridan Publishing.
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.
It's rare to encounter a book where there's really no tension or conflict. It's more rare when that's enjoyable. I'm going to binge the rest of this series in a bit of a feel-good sci-fi cleanse. Soon it will be back to grey characters and broken dreams. Alas.
