THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL HAS RETURNED -- IN THE YEAR 2351 When his mother dies in a flitter crash eighteen-year-old Ishmael Horatio Wang must find a job with the planet company or leave the system--and NerisCo isn't hiring. With credits running low and prospects limited he has just one hope...to enlist for two years with a deep space commercial freighter. Ishmael who only rarely visited the Neris Orbital and has never been off-planet alone before finds himself part of an eclectic crew sailing a deep space leviathan between the stars. Join the crew of the SC Lois McKendrick a Manchester built clipper as she sets solar sails in search of profit for her company and a crew each entitled to a share equal to their rating.