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Title: Corsair
Author: James L. Cambias
Narrator: Victor Bevine
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-05-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 561 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
In the early 2020s, two young, genius computer hackers, Elizabeth Santiago and David Schwartz, meet at MIT, where Schwartz is sneaking into classes, and have a brief affair. David is amoral and out for himself and soon disappears. Elizabeth dreams of technology and space travel and takes a military job after graduating.
Nearly 10 years later, David is setting himself up to become a billionaire by working in the shadows under a multiplicity of names for international thieves, and Elizabeth works in intelligence, preventing international space piracy. With robotic mining in space becoming a lucrative part of Earth's economy, shipments from space are dropped down the gravity well into the oceans.
David and Elizabeth fight for dominance of the computer systems controlling ore drop placement in international waters. If David can nudge a shipment 500 miles off its target, his employers can get there first and claim it legally in the open sea. Each one intuits that the other is their real competition but can't prove it. And when Elizabeth loses a major shipment, she leaves government employ to work for a private space company to find a better way to protect shipments. But international piracy has very high stakes and some very evil players. And both Elizabeth and David end up in a world of trouble. Space pirates and computer hackers...James L. Cambias' Corsair is a thrilling near-future adventure!
Members Reviews:
Addictive listen full of action/suspense and humor
If you could sum up Corsair in three words, what would they be?
Space Pirates! Hackers!
What did you like best about this story?
It was just a fun/addictive listen. It moved at a very good pace and had some bits of humor tossed in all the action/suspense.
What does Victor Bevine bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?
Narration was very good. Just the right amount of personality/inflection to really relay the tone of the book.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Made me laugh. Also was a book I didn't want to put down.
this story is about the many quirky characters
It is approximately fifteen years in the future and the moon is being mined for its helium to fuel the worlds 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.
Thats the basic plot/theme, straight forward and linear. Though predictable, it doesnt 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.
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Title: Corsair
Author: James L. Cambias
Narrator: Victor Bevine
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-05-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 561 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
In the early 2020s, two young, genius computer hackers, Elizabeth Santiago and David Schwartz, meet at MIT, where Schwartz is sneaking into classes, and have a brief affair. David is amoral and out for himself and soon disappears. Elizabeth dreams of technology and space travel and takes a military job after graduating.
Nearly 10 years later, David is setting himself up to become a billionaire by working in the shadows under a multiplicity of names for international thieves, and Elizabeth works in intelligence, preventing international space piracy. With robotic mining in space becoming a lucrative part of Earth's economy, shipments from space are dropped down the gravity well into the oceans.
David and Elizabeth fight for dominance of the computer systems controlling ore drop placement in international waters. If David can nudge a shipment 500 miles off its target, his employers can get there first and claim it legally in the open sea. Each one intuits that the other is their real competition but can't prove it. And when Elizabeth loses a major shipment, she leaves government employ to work for a private space company to find a better way to protect shipments. But international piracy has very high stakes and some very evil players. And both Elizabeth and David end up in a world of trouble. Space pirates and computer hackers...James L. Cambias' Corsair is a thrilling near-future adventure!
Members Reviews:
Addictive listen full of action/suspense and humor
If you could sum up Corsair in three words, what would they be?
Space Pirates! Hackers!
What did you like best about this story?
It was just a fun/addictive listen. It moved at a very good pace and had some bits of humor tossed in all the action/suspense.
What does Victor Bevine bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?
Narration was very good. Just the right amount of personality/inflection to really relay the tone of the book.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Made me laugh. Also was a book I didn't want to put down.
this story is about the many quirky characters
It is approximately fifteen years in the future and the moon is being mined for its helium to fuel the worlds 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.
Thats the basic plot/theme, straight forward and linear. Though predictable, it doesnt 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.