Quarter Share: Golden Age of the Solar Clipper Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition

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THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL HAS REURNED--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.

""Quarter Share is a love letter to science fiction, an authentic coming-of-age celebration of blue collar "lower decks" folk. Nathan Lowell tells a tale so real, you can practically smell the spaceship galley's coffee -- and almost see the engine oil beneath your fingernails. Hero Ishmael is clearly destined for great things. Thankfully for readers, so is Nathan Lowell.""--J.C. Hutchins, author of 7th Son: Descent and Personal Effects: Dark Art