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Rookie Privateer
- Privateer Tales, Book 1
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Series: Privateer Tales, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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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.
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- despie
- 21-02-17
The new Flash Gordon?
Great series listen to all the audio books so far. reminds me of the old Flash Gordon TV series mixed with firefly and a few others. Characters are fun to follow. looking forward to hearing the next in the series
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- Alison Laura Goodman
- 23-08-16
Great story & well read
This is a great story to read and the audio was well read.
Worth listening to if you are looking for a good space story.
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- Jim Herd
- 08-01-17
an old time dpace adventure story
Excelent reac all the timd, the action kept gloeing! Must try the next one in the series.
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- Matthew
- 01-05-19
What a universe
I don't know how more people haven't listened to this one, in fact i don't know how i even found it. The story in the first book is about how to start out from nothing on a outer system mining rock. How a main protagonist get his ship. There a 3 main character the push the plot with the lead being the Captain. There are plenty of developments of how these 3 get in way over there head. I kinda binged a whole through about 5 of the books in a few days, i was hocked on the story.
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- Poppey
- 21-01-18
Easy on the Ear
This is one of those books that is really easy to listen to. It will not set the world alight, but, that said, it is a very enjoyable listen and well worth the credit. I will certainly be following this series.
Narration is good, which always helps to sell any audio book.
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- Jonas
- 04-07-17
Great Starting point for series
What did you like most about Rookie Privateer?
The charathers where deep and varied.
The science is belivable and not explaid endlessly
Nice pace to the story.
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- KittJ
- 03-08-16
Very Solid Storyline well performed
This is a straight forward coming of age adventure story set in an easily imagined future. It is a cut above the typical sci fi space opera and makes no pretense of being anything other than fun reading. Nothing mystical, no paranormal stuff, no characters that are too anything to be believable.
So what if it is not a candidate for best science fiction book of the year. It's definitely 4+ entertainment. And if it is somewhat predictable (the good guys do win), the characters are not cardboard, the resolution is not preposterous, and it leaves you with that 'feels good' feeling that we all like to have now an then.
Rookie Privateer is a good start to series that can probably support about 5 books to play out the current loose ends. (Book 2 chases down one of those loose ends.) I have listened to it twice and I suspect I will give it another listen somewhere down the line, perhaps to refresh my memory when book 4 appears. No regrets about this purchase.
18 people found this helpful
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- Mark
- 04-03-17
Almost well done
The author seems to be very new to the business. The main character is naive to the point of ridiculousness. Major plot points can be seen a mile away and leave you scratching your head.
With that said the main characters are likable and there is some talent here in the authors storytelling abilities. If you want to start a book or two into the series it probably wouldn't hurt and I bet the plots get much better.
I hope so because I am downloading the next book and giving the series a good chance to win me over. Right now there are tons of sci-fi series out there I would recommend but I have read most them at least once so here it goes.
5 people found this helpful
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- Desmond
- 03-05-16
One of the few pleasant Sci Fi surprises on Audibl
This one threw me for a loop - I got it expecting it to be pretty bad based on the cover art, and it turned out to be much better than I ever expected. Worth the credit in my humble opinion.
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- Jeffrey
- 31-12-19
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!
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- Ryan
- 16-03-17
great listen
one of the best books I have listened to in a while. the characters have depth and grow through out the book.
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- Conook
- 26-12-16
If you like Space Adventure then this book is for you!
I was recommended this book by a friend and let me just say... What a fun ride! The characters were well thought out and the story was solid. Sure it was a bit over the top at moments but it reminded me a lot of a small mercenary from another series. I am off to get the next audiobook. Keep up the good work.
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- RJWood
- 01-04-16
ROOKIE PRIVATEER:BOOK 1
Excellent Space based science fiction story. A story that answer the question about what to do as lifelong friends reach the point about what to do when it's time to quit being kids and it's time to grow up and be adults. Liam and his best friend accidentally fall into circumstances that write their ticket.
Filled with action and excitement, Rookie Privateer is what paperback readers call 'a really page turner.' I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Happy Reading!
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- Kenneth
- 12-05-16
Loved it!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
absolutely. This novel had the feel of one of Heinlein's YA SF novels. It pulls you into the SF elements subtly through the characters, but doesn't overwhelm you w/ excess math, while still being technical enough to feel like its real tech instead of star-trek deflector dishes.
What did you like best about this story?
I like that, dispite the story being told from the 'main character's POV, the secondary characters get their character development, and it feels every bit as awkward and ill planned as any 18-21 yr olds decisions.
Which scene was your favorite?
the MC's repeated attempts to 'talk pirate' and no one gets it.
Any additional comments?
I underfstand the author has more books in this series finished. I sincerely hope they make it to Audible as well, and i really enjoyed the story + narrator combo.
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- Striker
- 09-03-16
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!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Ed H.
- 17-01-19
A good book, but directed at young teen readers.
I was hoping for big things from this book, because I love the genre, and there are currently 8 books in the series, thus giving me a long run. Unfortunately, it was just average. Coming of age book, which I usually love. (Is there anything better than Ender's Game?) But the book is a bit too juvenile for me. I think it may be written for a young teen audience. I will not go beyond book 1.
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