Owner's Share: Trader's Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, Book 6

This is a really good book and a great end to the series - very satisfying. To comment on the whole series, the books remind me of the Hornblower books only NOT depressing as they tend to be - and of course set in space in the far future. This is done purposely, obviously, because the protagonist's name is Ishmael Horatio. Very likely, many readers, like many of the characters in the book, don't get the references to the these older, slower-style books. When you do get them though, it makes you feel privy to inside jokes and is a lot of fun. Considering the far-future, it is surprising how many characters in the book DO get it when he says, "My name is Ishmael." Personally, I have a little problem with the author's assumption of the randy, dog-in-heat life style of youth, but, unfortunately, it is probably closer to the truth than I'd like. But I wouldn't recommend the series to impressionable , and hormone plagued, young people. The series is far-future sci-fi, but is more the story of growing up and facing the challenges of becoming successful in every area of his life, with a little murder mystery thrown in -- no aliens or big space wars. I'd rate this book PG-13, but I'd rate the series as appropriate for Mature readers; R. The sex scenes are never explicit or pornographic, but there is a lot of it, especially in books 2 & 3. The language is mild and infrequent. The violence is mild and never gory.I recommend this book, and series, for mature readers!(Read with Kindle Unlimited Subscription.)

As another reviewer posted, I also snatched up the Kindle version of Owner’s Share on its first available date. I’ve read the entire six-book series and highly recommend it.My Kindle version of "Owner’s Share" has a repetitive formatting problem where nearly each of the ellipses (… ) used to represent incomplete dialog incorrectly formatted to what another reviewer referred to as ASCII character code. This was very distracting, but the book is so enticing that you soon overlook it. Additionally, there are some typos and obviously omitted transitional words, and I hope Dr. Lowell is able to correct these in a revised Kindle edition. Dr. Lowell, if you’re reading this review, I volunteer to edit anything you write in the future, just for the privilege of being among the first to see any related stories about Captain Wang and his story arc.Now, about the book. I was surprised by the direction this last-in-the-series book ventured, never expecting the Captain would transition a freighter in the manner in which he did, nor that he’d be surrounded by this particular crew. There were many unanticipated shifts in the story which kept me turning pages, well into the night. A few old characters resurfaced and helped make the story feel like you were reading a family biopic, less any type of historical boredom. The recognition of these old faces was delightful and I felt I’d witnessed a level of maturity in them that only comes with time. New characters were mostly delightful and all were well developed and completely believable. I was absorbed by a futuristic tale that was frequently set in such commonplace situations as sitting around a dining room table, drinking coffee with friends and making plans for the future. These characters are completely developed; to the point you feel they could be your friends. And none of the books in the series utilize alien technology or warfare to keep you turning those pages.I especially like Dr. Lowell’s story arc throughout the series of these books and hope it’s true some of the characters return in future tales. I loved that so many references from earlier books were incorporated in book six, but I absolutely need to know what Ishmael Horatio Wang does next… and with whom he will share his future path. Although the ending is bittersweet, it’s true to life even though set far into the future. After all, it just might be the first time in Captain Wang’s life that he’s really in complete control of that future. I sincerely hope we find out.

I enjoyed Owner's Share more than most of the books in the Solar Clipper series. It was refreshing to see Ishmael having an owner's responsibility versus more rank-and-file stuff; I feel like we get more viewpoints in stories from the ground-level people rather than captains or owners. I enjoyed the characters and the plot.Now, in regards to this common complaint of how "dark" Owner's Share is. After hearing so many people say that, crying and lamenting, I kind of was expecting George R.R. Martin levels of bleakness and despair. Perhaps Ishmael ending up broke and alone in a homeless shelter, hated by the universe, and fighting another transient with a knife for a sandwich or something. I mean I was really expecting some bad stuff.Ultimately, however, one tragic thing happens. It's tragic, yes, but that happens in life. Oh well.This being part of the Solar Clipper series, there was the obligatory sexual assault scene. As I mentioned in a previous review, it seems like at least one problem in every novel needs to involve sexual assault, even if it was a more minor scene this time. Mr. Lowell really does like to hammer home the "men are pigs" idea, which is fine in and of itself, but gets tiring after awhile.Oh, and one other thing that bothered me was the disparity between technology. The Solar Clipper series takes place more than 300 years from now. Humanity has developed a way to bend the fabric of space to allow traversal of vast distances via the burleson drive. We have also developed the technology to terraform entire planets and seed them with flora and fauna.And yet, more than 300 years later, we still use microwaves, stove tops, and Saran wrap. Really? I half expected someone to drive up in a Ford F-150. It simply felt like a lack of creativity on the part of the author, like all the creativity was spent on designing space travel, and then Lowell resorted to 21st Century standards for everything else.That carries over to lethality as well. According to Owner's Share, people don't die from heart attacks anymore, and yet a knife wound will kill you? Even non-lethal knife injuries seemed to take an insanely long time to heal. I'm not saying people needed to be busting out with disintegration rays, but a gun or something, or even a knife with poison on it, would have made the threat in the book a bit more believable.Anyway, I hope that doesn't sound too negative, because I really did enjoy Owner's Share and would wholeheartedly recommend it to fans of the series. I look forward to more books from Lowell and plan on buying them immediately when they come out.

I’m impressed with how this series has ended. All to often endings a rushed, badly written or set ups for the next series or book. This one doesn’t feel like that to me. Yeah I know that there is another series but I don’t feel like I have to read it, I feel that for now this is enough. But in the future I can come back and see what happened next or not.

Started with reading the Quarter Share and couldn't stop until I'd finished the series. Great story and wonderful personalities. It was nice to finally read a story about the " Deep Dark" that wasn't about war and killing...

Dies war mein erstes Buch von Nathan Lowell und ich habe es verschlungen.Man findet sich sofort ins Buch ein und versinkt in dieser mal ganz anderen SF-Welt.Ja, es ist nicht der übliche SF-Roman, in dem Aliens angreifen und große Weltraumschlachten sich vor Aktion überschlagen, aber genau das macht dieses Buch besonders.Es geht um das Leben eines normalen Menschen, seine Entwicklung, intelligente Charakterentwicklung, die Herausforderungen des Alltags und nicht nur der tolle (völlig oberflächliche,Macho-) Held, der die Welt im Alleingang rettet und alle Gefahren ohne Kratzer meistert.Das Buch ist auf seine eigene Art fesselnd und ich kann es nur empfehlen!Ich habe inzwischen alle von Nathan Lowell veröffentlichen E-Books gelesen und fand sie alle großartig.Ein Autor dessen Bücher man freiwillig nicht wieder aus der Hand legt.

This is an excellent conclusion to the Solar Clipper series and I just had to read it through in one sitting, I was, literally, unable to put it down! Some people may not like the ending - I thought it bold and challenging - won't say more as I don't want to create a spoiler.My only reservation about the kindle edition was the large number of typos in the text. These have been communicated to the author and hopefully the next revision will eliminate these.Overall, a very enjoyable read and well worth the long wait.

En este último libro de la saga de los clipers espaciales (aunque no es la última historia de Ishmael Wang), Ishmael pasa, como indica el título, a ser propietario de su compañía. Como viene siendo habitual, Nathan Lowell narra con todo detalle el proceso, que implica tener a Christine Maloney, heredera de DST, sirviendo en la nave del Capitán/propietario Wang. El libro es bastante más largo que los otros, sobre todo los primeros, y a veces es un poco lento, pero está muy bien, aunque el final deja un sabor agridulce, y no queda concluido. El mismo Lowell ha dicho que habrá dos aventuras más de Ishmael Horatio Wang, pero que esta saga ha terminado.