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New Frontiers #6
Pirates
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Bobby Sneyd, CEO of New Frontiers, Inc, is worried.
The company has fallen on hard times, in part due to the activities of a bidding cartel on Terra. Sales are down, transportation income is down, and the prospectors are no longer able to find the valuable metallic asteroids the company depends on. And as always, jealous nations on Terra look toward Mars, and plot. To take over, to stamp out the upstart nation!
The prospectors have become restless, angry with the company. For the moment, they lack a leader. But they’re about to find one, arguably the last person any of them would have chosen.
But not all will follow him.
Despite everything the Republic has been able to do, a criminal class has emerged.
For a time, they preyed on the unsuspecting prospectors. But then they turn to an ancient practice: piracy.
Will the human expansion into space, once so promising, collapse, defeated? By a combination of human greed and an old criminal endeavor? Or will Chuck, the former NFI chief executive, be able to work with the prospectors to counter this new threat?
Bobby Sneyd, CEO of New Frontiers, Inc, is worried.
The company has fallen on hard times, in part due to the activities of a bidding cartel on Terra. Sales are down, transportation income is down, and the prospectors are no longer able to find the valuable metallic asteroids the company depends on. And as always, jealous nations on Terra look toward Mars, and plot. To take over, to stamp out the upstart nation!
The prospectors have become restless, angry with the company. For the moment, they lack a leader. But they’re about to find one, arguably the last person any of them would have chosen.
But not all will follow him.
Despite everything the Republic has been able to do, a criminal class has emerged.
For a time, they preyed on the unsuspecting prospectors. But then they turn to an ancient practice: piracy.
Will the human expansion into space, once so promising, collapse, defeated? By a combination of human greed and an old criminal endeavor? Or will Chuck, the former NFI chief executive, be able to work with the prospectors to counter this new threat?
- GenresScience Fiction
350 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2019
39 people are currently reading
16 people want to read
About the author
Jack L. Knapp
28 books59 followersSoldier, teacher, author, hobbyist; my past experiences find their way into my books.
I have an imagination with few boundaries. I use that imagination extensively, particularly in my New Frontiers Series.
By contrast, imagination figures in my Darwin's World series but there's also tons of personal experience. When I describe chipping flint, I've done it. I've set traps, made and used ropes, raised horses, spent a lot of time in the deep woods. But the series is really not about survival; that's how it begins, but by the time you reach The Return, it's begun to change to hard SF. I'm currently writing Defending Eden, which is not only hard SF, it has elements of space opera.
The Wizards Series is about wish fulfillment. Who wouldn't want to find buried treasure, move huge objects, fly, and do in bad guys? With side journeys into saving lives and fighting wildfires?
As for my novella, Hands, expect everything from grins to belly laughs. And then there's the stand-alone short story, Ants, which offers a different view of where the New Frontiers Series might have gone.
One work-in-progress, two more in the pipeline, and a new home page: http//jacklknapp.com/home
In other words, I'm nowhere near ready to retire!
I have an imagination with few boundaries. I use that imagination extensively, particularly in my New Frontiers Series.
By contrast, imagination figures in my Darwin's World series but there's also tons of personal experience. When I describe chipping flint, I've done it. I've set traps, made and used ropes, raised horses, spent a lot of time in the deep woods. But the series is really not about survival; that's how it begins, but by the time you reach The Return, it's begun to change to hard SF. I'm currently writing Defending Eden, which is not only hard SF, it has elements of space opera.
The Wizards Series is about wish fulfillment. Who wouldn't want to find buried treasure, move huge objects, fly, and do in bad guys? With side journeys into saving lives and fighting wildfires?
As for my novella, Hands, expect everything from grins to belly laughs. And then there's the stand-alone short story, Ants, which offers a different view of where the New Frontiers Series might have gone.
One work-in-progress, two more in the pipeline, and a new home page: http//jacklknapp.com/home
In other words, I'm nowhere near ready to retire!
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
July 6, 2022
Loved it all !!!
It’s to bad because I’ve received the whole six audiobooks series for reviewing which was the complete series and now when I’m done I noticed that the author have written a seventh book and got it narrated to, hopefully the author will notice and release the seventh one for reviewing to which I truly would love to !
About the series itself it started really slow at the beginning but moving on to each next book it got more and more interesting with more action, technology, different aliens and unexpected twists.
WOW !!
The he author Jack L. Knapp have upgraded once more with amazing twists, action, piracy and much much more on this one.
book six of the series
Is full of tension which
makes it very hard to put
down, not even for a second.
The Narration by Tom Lemnon was flawless as usual.
Absolutely recommend !!!
Oded Ostfeld.
It’s to bad because I’ve received the whole six audiobooks series for reviewing which was the complete series and now when I’m done I noticed that the author have written a seventh book and got it narrated to, hopefully the author will notice and release the seventh one for reviewing to which I truly would love to !
About the series itself it started really slow at the beginning but moving on to each next book it got more and more interesting with more action, technology, different aliens and unexpected twists.
WOW !!
The he author Jack L. Knapp have upgraded once more with amazing twists, action, piracy and much much more on this one.
book six of the series
Is full of tension which
makes it very hard to put
down, not even for a second.
The Narration by Tom Lemnon was flawless as usual.
Absolutely recommend !!!
Oded Ostfeld.
January 8, 2019
I got an ARC of this book with no restrictions and no promise to post a review. It started off a bit slow, a number of interesting characters but I was torn as to who was "the good guy" and as the story went forward it became exceedingly clear who to root for. The author tells a story filled with info about space, zero g, astrogation and stuff that will appeal to the science minded. A good read if you like techie scifi.
January 5, 2019
great addition to the series!!!
April 9, 2020
Good story!!
Good plot, good action, good characters. Strong feelings can tie a story together,like love, greed, anger. This had a little of each.
Good plot, good action, good characters. Strong feelings can tie a story together,like love, greed, anger. This had a little of each.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews