I’m not sure why…

Podiobooks is having some serious vermin issues. They may have the feeds offline while they’re working on it.

If you have any advice on episode 5, I’d love some! Thank you for offering these books!

I just turned in the first round of edits for Captain’s Share yesterday.

I have no idea when the next book will be out.

I agree with you that if money were the only point, he *would* have taken his salvage money and walked away.

There’s something else going on and you’re overlooking the reality that he’s not walking away. Yes, he sold the Iris and, yes, he’s leaving that ship.

But…

What’s next?

There are plenty of clues as to where he’s going and there are a couple of HUGE rabbit holes for him to fall down.

Ishmael leaves the Iris older, wiser, richer, and with marketable skills.

He also leaves with a hole in his heart.

That’s the problem with growing up. It doesn’t all go your way, and — often — when you think you’ve got it all, it all goes away.

I wanted to tell a “real” story even if it’s set in a future that’s both far away and achingly familiar. I’m happy with what we’ve got there so far and I’m looking forward to telling more stories in the future.

I will say I didn’t enjoy the wrap up – from outside Ish’s head it seemed as if he spent the entire series establishing the desire for a life in the deep dark and at the moment of accomplishment simply turns and walks away. The selling of the Iris, in particular, didn’t make a lot of sense to me – The opening of the ports for the first time was a similar moment to the flyby of the Enterprise in ST-TMP, the new path is revealed and possibilities unfold.If money were the only point, then he could have taken his salvage fee and gone off. There were a few speculations for the wrap up that struck me while reading about what the ending would be – all were dependant on Ish keeping the Iris so I was wrong on all counts, but there did seem some interesting branches laid out…

1)DST opens a new passenger division, and needs someone to run it – Ish is cornered again.

2)Ish receives a long term charter for an exploration team looking to find new planets to terraform, giving him time to come to terms with the tragedy and move on after his return.

Though I missed my bets on the ending would like to thank you for many hours of enjoyment in reading/listening to the tale and look forward to seeing what you might have in store for Ish (and the rest of your universe) in the future. Bravo!