Corsair: A Science Fiction Novel, by James L. Cambias
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Corsair: A Science Fiction Novel, by James L. Cambias
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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 ten years later, David is setting himself 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's Corsair is a thrilling near-future adventure!
Corsair: A Science Fiction Novel, by James L. Cambias - Amazon Sales Rank: #265832 in Books
- Brand: Cambias, James
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.45" h x 1.10" w x 5.90" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
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Corsair: A Science Fiction Novel, by James L. Cambias Review
"The action is brisk against colorful international locations, the hijacks well-handled and exciting. A potboiler that fans of Cambias' previous excellent work will wish to investigate."―Kirkus Reviews
About the Author James L. Cambias, author of A Darkling Sea, has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and the 2001 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He lives in Western Massachusetts.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Very enjoyable/addictive read, full of action and suspense with touches of humor. By TenaciousReader 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.I like David, he’s just a fun, care-free type of guy. The kind of character that just amuses me and is hard for me to not like. He’s certainly not perfect, as any law enforcement official could tell you, and he could stand to give other people a bit more consideration instead of always thinking of himself. But I can’t help it, I still like him, as egotistical as he may be. Elizabeth is set on doing the “right” thing, even when that may not match procedure (she wound up working for the military with a focus on fighting space piracy). There’s an interesting look into the politics involved, and how sometimes the procedurally correct thing may not be the “right” thing overall. I know that’s not a new idea, but I still enjoy it and the conflict it can create. As different as these two characters are, I found myself rooting for both of them, which can be fun when they may or may not want the same thing.Overall, this was a very enjoyable read, full of action and suspense with touches of humor.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. solid if a bit slight/thin By B. Capossere 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. As often happens though, Schwartz gets convinced to pull “one last score—the big one” and the two are soon on opposite sides again, though it also turns out Schwartz’s employers haven’t been fully honest with him. Meanwhile, a third character, Anne Rogers, sets out to sail around the world and eventually becomes embroiled in the machinations, along with an FBI agent who has been trying to track down “Captain Black.”As mentioned above, Corsair is a pretty big departure from A Darkling Sea: near-future rather than far-future, near-space (if that, 90-plus percent takes place on Earth) rather than interstellar space, an all-human cast (even if one has some questions about the bad guy’s humanity), and a far lighter tone.I would call it a slighter book in most ways, with less complexity or depth of character, plot, and theme, and to be honest, I didn’t enjoy it as much as A Darkling Sea. That said, Corsair is a solid read that has its entertaining moments as it sends its two main characters into some tense moments (as well as some comical ones); I just happen to prefer wrestling with things a bit more.Plotting sometimes relies a bit too much on coincidence, and certainly readers will see much of what is coming before the characters, though it does move along quickly and smoothly. Anne’s segments feel more contrived than the other threads, and her early segments especially were a bit too detached, though she does have some personality/thematic resonances with the other two. Meanwhile, those who like their science in their science fiction will applaud Cambias’ attention to detail here with regard to thrust calculations, orbital mechanics, payload weight and the like (it all seems well researched though I’m hardly the guy to know).I’m not sure I’d label the characters fully or sharply drawn, but I did like that both are flawed, screw up in big and usually realistic ways (at times things felt a bit implausible), and that they don’t magically change their stripes to suddenly become less so or more “likable.”The world-building is somewhat thin, and I never quite got a good grip on the various entities involved on either side. It While these are probably more the result of the author’s intent and desire to have a tightly focused plot, it still would have been nice to have a greater sense of how things have changed in the world—socially, economically, politically.Though the book as noted is a bit slight, Cambias doesn’t shy away from at least referencing some larger, darker issues, such as our modern surveillance state, the debate over a law enforcement versus a militaristic response to terror, and sexual exploitation. At the other end of the spectrum, he does show at times a nice comical touch, especially in one hostage negotiation scene that had me chuckling out loud.I wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t admit Corsair was a bit of a disappointment, but I can’t fault an author for going a different route than I’d prefer, or for broadening his repertoire. If Corsair is a slighter sort of novel, a bit thin in character and plotting, it’s hardly a bad one, and it’s more than possible that those coming to Cambias fresh, or who like this sort of novel more than I do, will find it more than satisfactory.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. this story is about the many quirky characters By AudioBook Reviewer 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. Equally impotent are the military and police forces of the world, unwilling or unable to do much more than watch as the world’s power supply gets hijacked over and over. In one scene, a single police officer on a bicycle (yes, plastic helmet and bike shorts) attempts to intercept a vicious assassin in a cafe shootout.If taken as a kind of super nerd, spy satire, it’s pretty funny and will hold your interest throughout. The science is well researched and rings true. Many of the scenes are inventive and painted realistically enough for your imagination to take over. The several chase and action scenes should hold your attention too. There is some violence, but it is superficial, without gruesome details.Victor Bevine reads the story well, moving quickly during the action and slowing down during the descriptive scenes. His voice is clear and his characters are generally easy to discern. Overall, Bevine is competent and skillful without ever getting in the way of the story.If you know what you are going into (humorous high tech satire) you should enjoy the story. It is also recommended for young adults and older teens who like computer hacking adventures. Don’t get caught up in the obvious contradictions and unlikely character interactions and you should have a fun and light read/listen.Audiobook provided for for review by the publisher.Please find this complete review and many others at audiobookreviewer dot com[If this review helped, please press YES. Thanks!]
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