Just completed "Quarter Share" and am now reading "Half Share" by Nathan Lowell, and I am loving this series! I reminds me so much of the trading and shipboard scenes of "Balance of Trade". I always found the trading aspects of that book intriguing, and "Quarter Share" really gets into that aspect of being aboard a trading ship. The plot isn't as complex as that of Jethri's story, but it's a good way to get a fix in between Liaden Universe books if you're into the whole shipboard aspect of space operas.
As a reference, here's CRussell's thread about the series:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...=nathan+lowell
The blurb for "Quarter Share"
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The Golden Age of Sail has Returned -- 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.
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http://www.amazon.com/Quarter-Share-...=nathan+lowell
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Nathan Lowell has been a writer for more than forty years, and first entered the literary world by podcasting his novels. His sci-fi series, The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper grew from his long time fascination with space opera and his own experiences shipboard in the United States Coast Guard. Unlike most works which focus on a larger-than-life hero (prophesized savior, charismatic captain, or exiled prince), Nathan centers on the people behind the scenes--ordinary men and women trying to make a living in the depths of space. In his novels, there are no bug-eyed monsters, or galactic space battles, instead he paints a richly vivid and realistic world where the "hero" uses hard work and his own innate talents to improve his station and the lives of those of his community.
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