What do you think?
Rate this book
Thrive Space Colony Adventures #4
Starship Thrive
Captain Sass Collier got her crew to Denali.
Can she bring them home again?
Marooned 35 million miles from their home moon. Not enough fuel to reach orbit again, let alone Mahina. The locals seem friendly. But the planet Denali itself is hostile, from volcanoes to microbes.
Thrive has 6 months until their launch window opens – and closes.
The prizes Denali offers are jewels beyond price. An actual starship awaits on the sea bottom. The greatest nanite scientist of the system can finally tell Sass how she came to be immortal.
Be careful what you ask for.
In the finale of the Denali arc, our heroes visit the ocean floor, battle an aggressive ecosystem, and come to terms with a strange new world.
And just maybe, they’ll win a starship. Fuel not included. Additional taxes and grueling acts of heroism may apply.
Book 4 in the Thrive Space Colony Adventures. Suggested for fans of Firefly or Nathan Lowell’s Solar Clipper books.
Get Starship Thrive now because you love a rollicking space opera with heart!
Can she bring them home again?
Marooned 35 million miles from their home moon. Not enough fuel to reach orbit again, let alone Mahina. The locals seem friendly. But the planet Denali itself is hostile, from volcanoes to microbes.
Thrive has 6 months until their launch window opens – and closes.
The prizes Denali offers are jewels beyond price. An actual starship awaits on the sea bottom. The greatest nanite scientist of the system can finally tell Sass how she came to be immortal.
Be careful what you ask for.
In the finale of the Denali arc, our heroes visit the ocean floor, battle an aggressive ecosystem, and come to terms with a strange new world.
And just maybe, they’ll win a starship. Fuel not included. Additional taxes and grueling acts of heroism may apply.
Book 4 in the Thrive Space Colony Adventures. Suggested for fans of Firefly or Nathan Lowell’s Solar Clipper books.
Get Starship Thrive now because you love a rollicking space opera with heart!
- GenresScience Fiction
334 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2019
148 people are currently reading
46 people want to read
About the author
Ginger Booth
66 books120 followersPlease visit my website at books.gingerbooth.com, and join my Reader Group for free prequels.
After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 reviews
February 17, 2020
An adventure-filled trip and a satisfying conclusion to the Thrive space opera (4 or 5 volumes). [There is a fifth book, Ringship Prosper, that is set some years in the future that features a subset of the Thrive's crew.]
After a 5-month trip through the rings of Pono, the Starship Thrive, Captain Sass Collier, and her strange crew arrive in Denali. After numerous narrow escapes, you’d think they’d have seen everything but that would not be true. They’d no sooner entered the atmosphere when they were forced into aerial combat with giant Pterodactyls. And these dangerous creatures were just the beginning. All wildlife on Denali seems to be gigantic and life-threatening. This latter description might include the human inhabitants
For fans of action and conflict, this edition of the Thrive series has plenty—the crew burned up too much fuel to return to Mahina, their home planet, and the steep challenge of finding some in time may be insignificant compared to overcoming the intrigues of the native politicians who want their colony to “thrive” and prosper without isolation, just as Mahina does.
I’ve come to like this crew of oddballs, I enjoy their imagined future world, and, so, I hope that this is not their last hurrah.
After a 5-month trip through the rings of Pono, the Starship Thrive, Captain Sass Collier, and her strange crew arrive in Denali. After numerous narrow escapes, you’d think they’d have seen everything but that would not be true. They’d no sooner entered the atmosphere when they were forced into aerial combat with giant Pterodactyls. And these dangerous creatures were just the beginning. All wildlife on Denali seems to be gigantic and life-threatening. This latter description might include the human inhabitants
For fans of action and conflict, this edition of the Thrive series has plenty—the crew burned up too much fuel to return to Mahina, their home planet, and the steep challenge of finding some in time may be insignificant compared to overcoming the intrigues of the native politicians who want their colony to “thrive” and prosper without isolation, just as Mahina does.
I’ve come to like this crew of oddballs, I enjoy their imagined future world, and, so, I hope that this is not their last hurrah.
May 31, 2021
Extraordinary World Building
Ginger Booth’s foray into science fiction has been a wonderful journey. In this series she has created three completely different worlds that the same refugees of earth have had to acclimate to in order to allow for the continuation of the human race. In this book she has taken three castes of people with three distinct survival requirements and melded their interdependencies to tame the most hostile of the planetary environments. Her descriptions of the world are exquisite. The colors of the Bakkra (a type of bodily grown clothing), the various greens in the plants and of the creatures all are blended masterfully. I just saw color throughout the book.
This is a harsh world where small disasters have huge adverse consequences. Sass, in her typical bad-ass protagonist style takes charge to use all of her available resources to rescue more of the human race.
The motley crew of misfits have finally come together into a cohesive family. Ms Booth brought the series to a wonderful conclusion while leaving open further adventures for Sass and Clay.
This science fiction space opera brought vision and imagination to create a wonderful journey.
Ginger Booth’s foray into science fiction has been a wonderful journey. In this series she has created three completely different worlds that the same refugees of earth have had to acclimate to in order to allow for the continuation of the human race. In this book she has taken three castes of people with three distinct survival requirements and melded their interdependencies to tame the most hostile of the planetary environments. Her descriptions of the world are exquisite. The colors of the Bakkra (a type of bodily grown clothing), the various greens in the plants and of the creatures all are blended masterfully. I just saw color throughout the book.
This is a harsh world where small disasters have huge adverse consequences. Sass, in her typical bad-ass protagonist style takes charge to use all of her available resources to rescue more of the human race.
The motley crew of misfits have finally come together into a cohesive family. Ms Booth brought the series to a wonderful conclusion while leaving open further adventures for Sass and Clay.
This science fiction space opera brought vision and imagination to create a wonderful journey.
Read
July 13, 2020A mixed bag
The characters are likable and fairly relatable. The story is a set in an expansive post apocalyptic universe. Earth is probably dead. The colonies are struggling. Class struggles complicate survival. And yet, the spaceships that the advanced people designed spaceships whose fuel tanks are too small to slow the ships to reach orbit without being refueled. Manually. From barrels. And later bales that are in the engine room. While the ship is accelerating into orbit.
Other gotchas - too much happens off screen. It isn't clear what cargo they picked up. Is it a physical cargo or intellectual property? It is mysteriously sold and all the crew is rich. Fabulously rich. With no bartering or negotiating in evidence.
I'll probably buy the next one and be less than thrilled with it as well.
The characters are likable and fairly relatable. The story is a set in an expansive post apocalyptic universe. Earth is probably dead. The colonies are struggling. Class struggles complicate survival. And yet, the spaceships that the advanced people designed spaceships whose fuel tanks are too small to slow the ships to reach orbit without being refueled. Manually. From barrels. And later bales that are in the engine room. While the ship is accelerating into orbit.
Other gotchas - too much happens off screen. It isn't clear what cargo they picked up. Is it a physical cargo or intellectual property? It is mysteriously sold and all the crew is rich. Fabulously rich. With no bartering or negotiating in evidence.
I'll probably buy the next one and be less than thrilled with it as well.
February 12, 2023
Sass, Clay and crew made it ti Denali had great adventures and returned with extra crew.
Sass has brought her strange crew and partner Clay all the way to Denali. It was hazardous and life threatening trip. Things didn’t go well at first for the crew as they had some trouble acclimatizing but things settled down then they rescued the survivors of Prime Denali the town they had been told was dead. Part of crew is captured and rescued but there is so much happening that you have to read to find out about prehistoric monsters and friendly fauna and bad fauna. As I said so much to read about.
Sass has brought her strange crew and partner Clay all the way to Denali. It was hazardous and life threatening trip. Things didn’t go well at first for the crew as they had some trouble acclimatizing but things settled down then they rescued the survivors of Prime Denali the town they had been told was dead. Part of crew is captured and rescued but there is so much happening that you have to read to find out about prehistoric monsters and friendly fauna and bad fauna. As I said so much to read about.
September 23, 2020
Love this Series
Just finished book four and loved it. I really enjoy the detailed descriptions of what is happening - there is a lot of action. A lot of technology that is real. I love the characters! I read the first book, Skyship Thrive, and have been buying them in order. It’s been a long time since I had a serious that I stayed up reading into the wee hours. Truly, wish I could join the crew.
Just finished book four and loved it. I really enjoy the detailed descriptions of what is happening - there is a lot of action. A lot of technology that is real. I love the characters! I read the first book, Skyship Thrive, and have been buying them in order. It’s been a long time since I had a serious that I stayed up reading into the wee hours. Truly, wish I could join the crew.
August 29, 2021
More thrive. The crew and the star system continue to come into clearer focus. This starts on the surface of Denali with Thrive and its crew marooned. It is the story of managing to get back off of Denali and home again bringing with them things to improve the life and chances of the Settlers on Mahina.
January 10, 2024
Have read the first three
These books are nice light reading, good characters nicely established. Not much science and techno babble which I really appreciate for a change. I view these as "episodic TV" not a full fledged movie. I am going to continue with the series, at least through the next three.
These books are nice light reading, good characters nicely established. Not much science and techno babble which I really appreciate for a change. I view these as "episodic TV" not a full fledged movie. I am going to continue with the series, at least through the next three.
December 16, 2021
I realy enjoyed this fourth book in the Thrive series, which describes the latter part of the visit to Denali and the group's return journey to Mahina.
Well worth reading, and has you sitting on the edge of your chair.
I have already got the next book and read the first chapter - awesome!
Well worth reading, and has you sitting on the edge of your chair.
I have already got the next book and read the first chapter - awesome!
April 22, 2022
Good read.
I liked the book but just like the CW out of 8 people 2 need to be gay. Tired of the Woke shit. Couldn't really believe the aspect anyway out of the characters. The story does move along well and will read the next one to see where it leads.
I liked the book but just like the CW out of 8 people 2 need to be gay. Tired of the Woke shit. Couldn't really believe the aspect anyway out of the characters. The story does move along well and will read the next one to see where it leads.
July 11, 2023
The best of the bunch
This was the best one so far.
There are small issues in every book, especially any action sequences seem rushed and resolutions seem forced.
But the books are full of hope!
I have enjoyed reading them.
This was the best one so far.
There are small issues in every book, especially any action sequences seem rushed and resolutions seem forced.
But the books are full of hope!
I have enjoyed reading them.
July 22, 2020
Denali and back
Enjoy the adventures of Sass, Clay, Abel, and the rest of the crew as they overcome problems and make their way back to Mahina. An excellent read.
Enjoy the adventures of Sass, Clay, Abel, and the rest of the crew as they overcome problems and make their way back to Mahina. An excellent read.
January 10, 2025
Getting tired
Situations contrived. Lacked personal insights with main characters. A slightly older Tom Swift plot and audience. I did help me to sleep.
Situations contrived. Lacked personal insights with main characters. A slightly older Tom Swift plot and audience. I did help me to sleep.
February 26, 2025
Great addition to the series! Did not disappoint.
December 7, 2020
Starship Thrive
A good book with familiar characters, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the others, I kept waiting the whole book for the story to start and to get on with it it seems as though this should have been joined to another book to make a more complete read. But it was enjoyable anyway.
A good book with familiar characters, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the others, I kept waiting the whole book for the story to start and to get on with it it seems as though this should have been joined to another book to make a more complete read. But it was enjoyable anyway.
March 23, 2024
Binge worthy
I’m about to start on the 5th book in the set. Fun science, great characters, and a decent twist in each so far. Just can’t stop.
I’m about to start on the 5th book in the set. Fun science, great characters, and a decent twist in each so far. Just can’t stop.
December 4, 2019
Great addition to an excellent series.
I really enjoyed reading about the ‘Thrive’, her enterprising captain Sass and her enthusiastic crew and guest passengers. The voyages and people that were encountered added to the storyline but underscoring it all was the need for Mahini settlers to achieve a healthy and secure lifestyle where they could be treated as equals and assets by the powers to be.
I really enjoyed reading about the ‘Thrive’, her enterprising captain Sass and her enthusiastic crew and guest passengers. The voyages and people that were encountered added to the storyline but underscoring it all was the need for Mahini settlers to achieve a healthy and secure lifestyle where they could be treated as equals and assets by the powers to be.
July 31, 2019
A grand finale but hopefully not the end
Ms. Booth has provided a thrilling and totally satisfying conclusion to this cycle of the Thrive saga. It will resonate both for those seeking grand SF adventure and those who appreciate the more subtle but just as exhilarating dive into the human psyche. Sass and her crew mates are such fully developed and fascinating characters that I wish I could go have a drink with them at my local bar to listen to them recount there escapades. It is not to be missed by readers who have been following the journey. For those who have yet to become familiar with the Thrive crew, now you can enjoy bingeing your way through the whole delectable odyssey. Note this review is based on an advanced copy of the book.
Ms. Booth has provided a thrilling and totally satisfying conclusion to this cycle of the Thrive saga. It will resonate both for those seeking grand SF adventure and those who appreciate the more subtle but just as exhilarating dive into the human psyche. Sass and her crew mates are such fully developed and fascinating characters that I wish I could go have a drink with them at my local bar to listen to them recount there escapades. It is not to be missed by readers who have been following the journey. For those who have yet to become familiar with the Thrive crew, now you can enjoy bingeing your way through the whole delectable odyssey. Note this review is based on an advanced copy of the book.
July 31, 2019
Incredible Aliens and Incredibly Alien Humans
Oh my! Ginger has outdone herself with this one. The series started out good and each book has been better than the one before. This fourth one tops them all. This is Space Fiction as it's meant to be.
In the previous books we've seen several very different societies. In this one we meet two (or is it three or four) examples of how humans in various isolated circumstances can develop weirdly different societies.
Plus we get to follow the bold (or not so bold) members of the Thrive team as they grow and learn and develop their own unique society.
If you like SF at all, I promise you'll like Starship Thrive.
Oh my! Ginger has outdone herself with this one. The series started out good and each book has been better than the one before. This fourth one tops them all. This is Space Fiction as it's meant to be.
In the previous books we've seen several very different societies. In this one we meet two (or is it three or four) examples of how humans in various isolated circumstances can develop weirdly different societies.
Plus we get to follow the bold (or not so bold) members of the Thrive team as they grow and learn and develop their own unique society.
If you like SF at all, I promise you'll like Starship Thrive.
Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 reviews