Rookie Privateer

Privateer Tales, Book 1

By: Jamie McFarlane

Narrated by: Mikael Naramore

Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

When you are old enough to finally become an Earth Mars citizen, everything should be perfect. Right? Not for Liam Hoffen. He's stuck on a mining asteroid called Colony 40, helping his father work a claim that is never going to pay out. His best friend, Nick James is set for life in James' Rental business and Liam just discovered that the girl he's known forever thinks he's pretty great and now she's leaving for the Mars Naval Academy.

Liam dreams of sailing the stars. Whenever he gets the chance, he jets into space and floats, wishing to be free of the asteroid that has claimed him. What he doesn't realize is that fate is about to change everything.

Sometimes you have to lose parts of yourself to gain the stars, and Liam discovers that while it isn't easy to literally lose parts of yourself to the pirates who attacked your home, gaining the stars is worth everything.

He and Nick are about to find out what the real world has to offer and they end up meeting exciting people along the way.

©2014, 2015 James A. Greenwood (P)2016 James A. Greenwood

Slow at first

Then it kicked into gear very fast…the narrator and the writing combined so brilliantly!

great listen

one of the best books I have listened to in a while. the characters have depth and grow through out the book.

Gpod

I liked that the back gound of each character was really detailed. Nice ending to story

Fun read

Really enjoyed this. Fascinating imagination of life in space in our future. Interesting plot & characters. Light read.

Yes it hooks you.

I was talking to the author on fb because his ad popped up.... well I took the 3 people who said it was great advice and got the first book. I had a very hard time turning it off when I got home from work, I even listened after I got the kids to bed. simple put the characters feel like me and my friends doing stupid stuff that works. buy it and try it.

Great book I enjoyed

Like the story the flow looking forward to the second book TThe reader is one of my favorites

Fun and clever

It had Just enough detail but not too much.
Look forward to listening the next. The reader is great for the story.

loved it.

I hope more get released on audible soon. I will be checking daily for more.

A Really Good Find

I thought this book sounded good when I bought it, but it was even better than I initially expected. I really can't place my finger on exactly what about the story was so good, but I couldn't stop listening after the first 2 hours...

The book takes place several centuries in the future where there are space colonies all over the solar system, and most of them are mining colonies established by corporations to extract raw materials for Earth and Mars. Liam, the main character, and his two friends live on one of these colonies deep in the asteroid belt. Discontent with his inevitable life as a miner, Liam watches one of his two best friends (and secret crush) prepare herself to leave for the Naval Academy. Just before her departure, pirates attack the mining colony. Desperate to save their friends, family, and home, they hatch a plan to fight back and defeat the pirate attack. After successfully beating them back, and capturing one of their ships in the process, the three are deemed heroes. With his secret crush off to the Naval Academy, Liam and his friend Nick are awarded the captured ship and a privateer's license by the Navy.
I don't want to spoil any of the story beyond this, but lets just say that it gets nothing but better as the two friends set out into the solar system to make a profit... And get revenge for the attack on their home and loved ones...

Narration was pretty good as well. Not excellent, but definitely good enough for a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

You won't be disappointed by this one. It's definitely worth the credit!

Good Book! easy read and or listen!

this was a easy read, not too dark. fells like old sci-fi writing, but up to date tech...good book and read!