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Corsair: A Science Fiction Novel Paperback – May 10, 2016

by James L. Cambias (Author)
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (May 10, 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765379112
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765379115
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,850,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsVery enjoyable/addictive read, full of action and suspense with touches of humor.
By TenaciousReader on May 21, 2015
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Corsair is a thrilling and fun adventure full of space pirates and hackers, the kind of book that grabs you and holds you down (willingly) until it is all told. This book is pretty short, but it’s an addictive “page turner” that finished before I knew it. I say “page turner” in quotes because in actuality, I listened to this one as an audiobook so there were no actual pages involved. But I am really happy I did. There are some books that are just very well suited for audiobooks, and this was certainly one of them. The story and names are all very easy to follow while listening and the narration was very good, relaying the story clearly without ever becoming the focus of the listener (meaning, I heard the story well told). The style of Corsair reminds me a bit of Scalzi or Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon, but with this book, most (if not just about all) of the story is set here on earth rather than in space.

David Schwartz and Elizabeth Santiago meet while taking classes at MIT in the not so distant future. They are both incredibly bright, but incredibly different. David is a bit “creative” or “generous” with his moral compass, and Elizabeth is pretty much a straight shooter. So not surprisingly, their courses in life diverge soon after meeting. 

Fast forward 10 years, we find Elizabeth entered the military and is now working to fight space piracy and David has continued his less than legal approach to life. And it appears he has done quite well for himself. Their paths meet again as they both get pulled in to a nefarious plot for the ultimate space piracy. I knew it would happen, based on the initial meeting (and the blurb), but I really enjoyed seeing how they were brought together again in different ways (form different sides) by this plot.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starssolid if a bit slight/thin
By B. Capossere TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on August 6, 2015
Format: Hardcover
I was a fan of James Cambias’ debut novel, A Darkling Sea, a complex tale of First Contact that left lots of room at the end for a continuation of that story. Instead though, Cambias took a pretty strong detour with his second novel, Corsair, which as its name suggests has to do with space piracy, though perhaps not in the usual fashion.

The phrase “space pirates” usually conjures up in one’s mind (well, this mind at least) a space opera-like story, with FTL ships barreling along in interstellar space, energy weapons and force fields, spaced suited and armored boarding parties a la all those books from my youth: Asimov’s Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids, E.E. Doc Smith’s LENSMAN series, several Heinlein juveniles.

Cambias eschews the old style version, though, instead presenting this novel’s particular “space pirate” (David Schwartz, aka Captain Black the Space Pirate) as a computer geek happily ensconced in his hotel room slapping a slew of neuro-patch stimulants on his skin while he hacks into a rocket’s guidance system and sends it to a pre-determined drop site for his employers. The rockets in this near-future scenario are cargo ships carrying a billion dollars worth of Helium-3 from the moon to Earth, to be used as fusion plant fuel.

The story opens with Schwartz pulling off a successful heist despite the efforts of Air Force Captain Elizabeth Santiago (an old girlfriend it turns out). That incident gives Schwartz the money to retire and live the good life, while it sends Santiago off from her current post to another one as a liaison for a private satellite company.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsthis story is about the many quirky characters
By AudioBook Reviewer on June 8, 2015
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It is approximately fifteen years in the future and the moon is being mined for its helium to fuel the world’s fusion reactors. The payloads coming back to earth are worth billions; attracting the interest of pirates who try to intercept them. David Schwartz , AKA Captain Black, the space pirate, is a computer genius and hacker, using his skills and lack of morals to hijack these flying treasure chests. He is brilliant, elusive, charming in an annoying way, equally wanted by the police for his crimes and by the crime syndicates for his skills.

That’s the basic plot/theme, straight forward and linear. Though predictable, it doesn’t really matter, this story is about the many quirky characters, and most importantly, Captain Black, the space pirate. The author uses his full moniker over and over, “Captain Black, the space pirate; Captain Black, the space pirate,” which at first annoys the listener, then numbs him, then reveals the actual intent – humor. And if you go into this book with a sense of humor, you will be OK, if not, you will want to rip your eardrums out. There is no middle ground.

The characters are more like caricatures: Captain Black is a genius nerd, brilliant, sarcastic and supremely annoying; yet he somehow always gets the babe, whether she is the dumb blonde or the smart scientist. Elizabeth, the military scientist, is also brilliant with everything going for her, including a skyrocketing career; yet is strangely attracted to the destructive David Schwartz (Captain Black), then hates him. The corporate eunuchs, on the other hand, shrug as their billion dollar payloads disappear, far more worried about a lawsuit than the money they should be making.Read more ›
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