A Trader's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper
A shuffling of cabins puts Ishmael Horatio Wang in command of the worst ship in the fleet. He learns that being Captain doesn't make you infallible and that life in the Captain's Cabin is filled with new kinds of challenge as he tries to keep the ship moving, the crew out of trouble, and turn a profit to earn his Captain's Share. In a ship where the officers outnumber the crew, how can he manage to keep everybody happy? Welcome to the SC Agamemnon.
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Captains Share 22
The Agamemnon's crew gains a new hand and gets underway once more. (Chap 57, 58)
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Oct 14 2009 38 min
Captains Share 21
Ishmael finds a new coffee shop and gets an oblique threat from an unexpected quarter. (Chap 55, 56)
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Oct 13 2009 32 min
Captains Share 20
The final tally is in and the cargo picking contest ends. (Chap 52, 53, 54)
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Oct 13 2009 41 min
Captains Share 19
Just as things start getting back to normal, a fresh emergency faces the crew. Chief Gerheart and Mr. Wyatt spring a little surprise on the Captain. (Chap 49, 50, 51)
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Oct 12 2009 42 min
Captains Share 18
The Agamemnon finally makes it back to home port and Ishmael learns an unfortunate truth. (Chap 47, 48)
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Oct 11 2009 40 min
Captains Share 17
The crew of the Agamemnon takes a short break and gets into new
trouble. A reward comes from an unexpected direction. (Chap 45, 46)
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Oct 10 2009 41 min
Captains Share 16
The Agamemnon is delayed for days rendering aid to the stricken vessel. (Chap 43, 44)
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Oct 9 2009 31 min
Captains Share 15
The ship runs into some heavy weather and begins to make up lost time, until they receive a distress call. (Chap 40, 41, 42)
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Oct 9 2009 36 min
Captians Share 14
Navigational errors put the ship in a bind and Ishmael has to make a hard decision. (Chap 38, 39)
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Oct 9 2009 36 min
Captains Share 13
Ishmael makes a discovery about his First Mate and solves a problem
before getting underway. The Agamemnon visits Odin's Outpost. (Chap 35,
36, 37)
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Oct 8 2009 39 min
Captains Share 12
On the run out to Welliver, Ishmael discovers who's been using the
Agamemnon's account, and picks up an interesting cargo. (Chap 32, 33,
34)
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Oct 8 2009 38 min
Captains Share 11
Ishmael learns of an irregularity in the ship's accounting, and Mr. Wyatt learns a few trick about cargo picking. (Chap 30, 31)
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Oct 7 2009 33 min
Captains Share 10
Ishmael addresses some issues of crew comfort and discovers some astrogation errors. (Chap 27, 28, 29)
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Oct 5 2009 48 min
Captains Share 09
After some minor adjustments to the fixtures, the Agamemnon finally gets underway for Welliver. (Chap 24, 25, 26)
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Oct 4 2009 41 min
Captains Share 08
An accident in the galley gives Ishmael his first real discipline problem. (Chap 22, 23)
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Oct 3 2009 40 min
Captains Share 07
The Agamemnon begins to adjust to the new Captain. Ishmael makes a bet. (Chap 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Oct 3 2009 49 min
Captains Share 06
Captain Wang starts straightening out the crew and gets a little scare
about a subject near and dear to his heart -- the food. (Chap 15, 16,
17)
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Oct 2 2009 46 min
Captains Share 05
After some surprising responses, Ishmael moves to his new ship and assumes command. (Chap 12, 13, 14)
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Sep 27 2009 34 min
Captains Share 04
Ishmael is faced with a difficult choice and keeps trying to defer his
decision. Events move quickly and he's swept along. (Chap 10, 11)
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Sep 27 2009 34 min
Captains Share 03
Ishmael gets the Chernyakova to Breakall, but isn't allowed to rest on
his laurels. When they return to Diurnia, he's give some good news but
learns he's about to lose a
Sep 26 2009 33 min
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A spellbinding series with narration that makes you feel like you're really living in the world of the future! Start with the first, Quarter Share, and you'll be hooked!
Wombatclock · Apr 2015
I cannot tell enough people about this series. NAthan Lowell takes the Stereo typical Space Opera and says no. Instead of following Star Trek, Star Wars, Buck Roger and Flash Gordon. He follows the Nautical Storytelling tradition. It is less about fights and more about relationships.
rdmyers97115 · May 2013
The pace of book 4 was a little off; but Lowell is back in great form for this volume.
This entire series has provided a wonderful journey. Truly, warm thanks for some mental relaxation during this curves of 2020!
gratzimuch · Dec 2020
I only wish that the story went in another direction. It’s said to be a tale of the golden age of the clipper trader and definitely starts that way with the first couple books. However it takes a hard left after Ishmael leaves the Lois mckendrick and never gets back to the original story. I still like where the story went but it could have been so much better. Why build up the whole back story of the co-op in the first two books and then go nowhere with that story line. Strange. It’s supposed to be the story of a trader but really it’s the unrealistic story of a guy who apparently did everything right in life and can do no wrong. I do like that he questions himself. That is a sure sign of someone who is intelligent. Unfortunately too often in this world it is the dull who have the confidence and the intelligent who second guess themselves. That’s why I like the main character... he questions himself. I think it would have been a much better story had there been more trials and tribulations. Also why would the two main characters from the first two books not have kept in touch when they were best friends? That seems very unlikely considering how close they were written to be. I know this book is over a decade old and I haven’t finished the story completely yet but I was asked to write a review so I felt compelled to do so. I am almost at the end of book 5 at the time of writing this. After book 1 I honestly thought that Ishmael and Pip would have gone somewhere in life. Maybe I should wait until I finish the story but up until this point I’m slightly disappointed. Also there is way to much emphasis put on coffee. Realistically who drinks that much coffee
This is me again · Aug 2020
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