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Trader's Tales, Book 2

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Written by: Nathan Lowell
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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Six months in the Deep Dark. Four different women. One man discovers what it means to be a spacer.

It's a time of change on the Lois McKendrick. Sarah Krugg joins the crew, and Ishmael Wang moves to Environmental. After getting accustomed to life aboard a solar clipper, Ishmael must learn a whole new set of skills, face his own fears and doubts, and try to balance love and loss in the depths of space.

Both Ishmael and Sarah must learn to live by the mantra "trust Lois". For Sarah, there is the hope of escaping a horrifying past. For Ishmael, he must discover what type of man he wants to become and learn his choices have consequences.

Return with the crew of the SC Lois McKendrick, and set sail in the next installment of the Trader's Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper. All your favorites return: Ish, Pip, Cookie, Brill, Diane, and Big Bad Bev. You might even discover some new friends as you travel among the stars.

©2016 Nathan Lowell (P)2016 Podium Audio Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction
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I usually gravitate towards action, military, zombie, sci-fi and the like.
These books have got me hooked.
Give them a listen. All around great!

Unexpectedly Wonderful

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Book took an unusual turn. The series was already Hardy Boys in space, which was somewhat charming, but this book went weird with PG-rated teenage male fantasies where every woman - no matter her age - finds the main character irresistible. It would be one thing if it was earned, but outside of being 19yrs old and a quick study, there doesn’t seem to be anything particularly remarkable about the MC. It’s just a very strange book. Doubt I will be reading further.

Strange book.

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I enjoyed quarter share and expected a similar book in Half Share, Instead, the second book is a juvenile voyeur story about a young man who, apparently, is every woman’s fantasy boyfriend. It is truly idiotic and I cannot imagine who the target audience is intended to be, except it certainly is not me!

What a load of rubbish!

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I read 1/4 share and it was entertaining. however, this book got me. now I will be reading the rest if the series. so many people I want to learn more about.

hooked now

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Instead other the first books "ordinary guy doing ordinary work on a spaceship", Ishmael is suddenly wise beyond his years, totally ripped, and the object of desire of every woman who crosses his path. This so pronounced it became distracting, and really pulled me out of the story.

Not like the first book

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This books trends away from the first by becoming more focused on the Main Character and seem to give him attributes that were not included in the first book. The character development seemed to be a bit forced and un-natural.

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In the first book Ishmael was portrayed as a lone wolf that was unable to form friendships with his peers, with the exception of one girl from his childhood. In this book he buys magic clothes and is suddenly the object of sexual desire from every female character in the book, with one exception. Earns the respect, trust and well wishes from every male peer, and seems to absorb the sills and abilities that his friends from the first books had, that he didn't. I hope this was just an experiment, and that future books get back to Ish's main 'power' being bringing out the best in his friends, and being a quick study.

Not as good as the first book.

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