Items25The creator’s order
  1. 1The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014)The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014) 8.2/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2014The Wayfarer builds hyperspace tunnels, and its mixed-species crew has to make the everyday business of living together work. Rosemary's new administrative job gives us a route into its engineers, pilot, captain and shared meals. Chambers makes respect for different bodies and boundaries part of…0
  2. 2Leviathan WakesLeviathan WakesHolden, Naomi, Amos and Alex emerge from an ordinary hauling job into a conspiracy capable of starting a war. Their different shipboard skills matter, but so do disagreements about when a captain should act and who bears the consequences. James S. A. Corey, the partnership of Daniel Abraham and Ty…0
  3. 3Embers of war (2018)Embers of war (2018) 7.3/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2018The sentient warship Trouble Dog has left military service for an organisation that rescues ships in distress. Captain Sal Konstanz and the people aboard her have histories that make this new purpose difficult as well as necessary. Powell gives both vessel and crew a stake in learning how to save…0
  4. 4Shards of Earth (2021)Shards of Earth (2021) 8.3/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2021A navigator who cannot sleep still needs other people to handle contracts, repairs and fights. The Vulture God's salvage crew supplies that practical support while trying to keep Idris out of the hands of powers that value his abilities more than his wishes. Tchaikovsky makes loyalty a working…0
  5. 5Dark Run (2015)Dark Run (2015) 6.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2015The Keiko's people generally respect one another's undisclosed pasts, until Captain Ichabod Drift's blackmail makes secrecy everyone's problem. Brooks builds the pleasure around a smuggling crew trying to carry out a job without surrendering its own judgement. The banter has a working arrangement…0
  6. 6A big ship at the edge of the universe (2018)A big ship at the edge of the universe (2018) 5.3/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2018A treasure hunter and a racing driver find themselves aboard a smuggler's ship on the trail of an extraordinarily dangerous warship. White lets professional skills travel with the newcomers: knowing how to handle machinery matters even when the machinery includes magic. The crew gradually becomes…0
  7. 7Trading in Danger (Vatta's War) (2003)Trading in Danger (Vatta's War) (2003)Published 1 Jan 2003Ky Vatta's first commercial command is an old freighter her family expects to retire. She has naval training, but making this ship's voyage work also means earning the confidence of experienced crew and understanding the business around them. Moon makes logistics, repairs and decisions under…0
  8. 8Hunting Party (1993)Hunting Party (1993) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1993An ex-naval captain takes charge of a wealthy woman's yacht and discovers that a civilian employer and a professional crew need different kinds of persuasion. Moon lets Heris Serrano and Lady Cecelia become more interesting through their disagreements, with competence gradually altering their…0
  9. 9Merchanter's Luck (Alliance-Union Universe) (1982)Merchanter's Luck (Alliance-Union Universe) (1982) 4.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1982Sandor cannot keep a freighter viable entirely by himself, while Allison comes from a large shipboard family with its own expectations. Cherryh makes the arrival of other people both an opportunity and a threat to a captain used to guarding everything. Trade, fatigue and who is entitled to give an…0
  10. 10Rimrunners (1989)Rimrunners (1989)Published 1 Jan 1989Machinist and former marine Bet Yeager needs a berth badly enough to board a ship whose command structure is already divided. Cherryh makes her useful skills inseparable from the dangerous business of choosing whom to trust. This is the list's harsher examination of belonging: close quarters can…0