Liam Hoffen wants off the asteroid he and his family call home. Despite passing the Mars Competency Test, he's stuck mining a plot of land that may never pay off. To make matters worse, the girl of his dreams is about to ship off to the Naval Academy…
But when a brutal pirate horde sets its sights on Liam's colony, he and his friends may be their ramshackle town's only chance of survival. As they gather up all the courage and cunning they can muster, they learn that their little colony holds secrets far bigger than they ever could have imagined. The truth about their dusty asteroid could change everything, if they live long enough to do something about it…
Rookie Privateer is the first book in the Privateer Tales saga, a series of swashbuckling space operas. If you like memorable and witty characters, pulse-pounding adventures, and galactic tales reminiscent of golden age sci-fi, then you'll love Jamie McFarlane's explosive tale.
