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The Jupiter Pirates #3
The Rise of Earth
For Tycho Hashoone and his family, space privateering is more than a business — it’s a way of life. Now that the Jovian Union needs their help more than ever, their way of life is about to get a lot more complicated.
Earth is preparing to mount an arms race, and it seems they’ve started recruiting privateers of their own. Meanwhile, the Ice Wolves of Saturn are still on the offensive, and their ruthless tactics make them look like the pirates of old. Trapped between two formidable foes, the Jovian Union has asked for all hands on deck — and that includes the Hashoones and their ship, the Shadow Comet. The stage has been set for a showdown on the Cybele asteroids, a place where neutrality is for sale and friends always go to the highest bidder.
With so many players vying for power, Tycho will have to decide once and for all where his allegiances lie. Because the day when his mother will step down as ship captain is approaching fast — and the fate of much more than the Shadow Comet hangs in the balance.
Earth is preparing to mount an arms race, and it seems they’ve started recruiting privateers of their own. Meanwhile, the Ice Wolves of Saturn are still on the offensive, and their ruthless tactics make them look like the pirates of old. Trapped between two formidable foes, the Jovian Union has asked for all hands on deck — and that includes the Hashoones and their ship, the Shadow Comet. The stage has been set for a showdown on the Cybele asteroids, a place where neutrality is for sale and friends always go to the highest bidder.
With so many players vying for power, Tycho will have to decide once and for all where his allegiances lie. Because the day when his mother will step down as ship captain is approaching fast — and the fate of much more than the Shadow Comet hangs in the balance.
429 pages, Hardcover
First published June 14, 2016
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About the author
Jason Fry
122 books296 followersI am the author of The Jupiter Pirates series published by HarperCollins -- visit the official site at http://jupiterpirates.com.
In addition to Jupiter Pirates, I've written or co-written more than 30 novels and short stories set in the Star Wars galaxy, including The Essential Atlas, The Essential Guide to Warfare, The Weapon of a Jedi, and the Servants of the Empire quartet.
I spent more than 12 years at The Wall Street Journal Online, where I wrote or co-wrote the Real Time and Daily Fix columns. My non-fiction work has appeared on ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports, Poynter.org, Deadspin and Baseball Prospectus. I blog about the New York Mets at Faith and Fear in Flushing and live in Brooklyn with my wife and son.
In addition to Jupiter Pirates, I've written or co-written more than 30 novels and short stories set in the Star Wars galaxy, including The Essential Atlas, The Essential Guide to Warfare, The Weapon of a Jedi, and the Servants of the Empire quartet.
I spent more than 12 years at The Wall Street Journal Online, where I wrote or co-wrote the Real Time and Daily Fix columns. My non-fiction work has appeared on ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports, Poynter.org, Deadspin and Baseball Prospectus. I blog about the New York Mets at Faith and Fear in Flushing and live in Brooklyn with my wife and son.
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April 25, 2017
Loved it
July 11, 2017
Well, this was a very good book...but I am so mad. Like SERIOUSLY?!?!?!??!?
WHY?!?!??!
July 8, 2016
What an ending! Straight to the gut!!!!!
December 16, 2018
I wasn't prepared for the way the book ended. 😿 🤯 There's more books, coming...right?!
December 22, 2021
8/29/16 - Okay, I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book, so I want to try and give it a proper review. First of all: I LOVED it. This series got better through the second two books, and this third one was just great.
Tycho is such an idiot teenaged boy, but such a sweetheart, and I continue to adore Yana like mad. I love seeing them growing up and learning and slowly figuring out their own opinions and place in the world. (Well, Yana not as slowly as Tycho, but the point stands!)
I really enjoy how we keep getting to see more and more of their world, and the various ports and moons etc, and all the people who cross their paths. The brewing war creates a good deal of tension, but I appreciate that it doesn't stray too far into the political side of it. (The political parts it does hit on are interesting, and don't get bogged down with the boring bits.)
And okay yes: the ending. My jaw was hanging wide open through the whole climax of the book - even with being warned that this book would give me all the feelings, I did not see that ending coming! ALL. THE. FEELINGS. I am SO UPSET that I don't have the fourth book to read right this second!
8/18/16 - I don't know how to properly write a review to this book without spoilers, other than just saying: WHAT. WHAT. WHAT?!?!?!
Tycho is such an idiot teenaged boy, but such a sweetheart, and I continue to adore Yana like mad. I love seeing them growing up and learning and slowly figuring out their own opinions and place in the world. (Well, Yana not as slowly as Tycho, but the point stands!)
I really enjoy how we keep getting to see more and more of their world, and the various ports and moons etc, and all the people who cross their paths. The brewing war creates a good deal of tension, but I appreciate that it doesn't stray too far into the political side of it. (The political parts it does hit on are interesting, and don't get bogged down with the boring bits.)
And okay yes: the ending. My jaw was hanging wide open through the whole climax of the book - even with being warned that this book would give me all the feelings, I did not see that ending coming! ALL. THE. FEELINGS. I am SO UPSET that I don't have the fourth book to read right this second!
8/18/16 - I don't know how to properly write a review to this book without spoilers, other than just saying: WHAT. WHAT. WHAT?!?!?!
October 3, 2017
Bookworm Speaks!
The Jupiter Pirates: The Rise of Earth
by Jason Fry
****
Acquired: Amazon.com
Series: Jupiter Pirates (Book 3)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (June 14, 2016)
Language: English
Subject: Science Fiction
****
The Story: For Tycho Hashoone and his family, space privateering is more than a business—it’s a way of life. Now that the Jovian Union needs their help more than ever, their way of life is about to get a lot more complicated.
Earth is preparing to mount an arms race, and it seems they’ve started recruiting privateers of their own. Meanwhile, the Ice Wolves of Saturn are still on the offensive, and their ruthless tactics make them look like the pirates of old. Trapped between two formidable foes, the Jovian Union has asked for all hands on deck—and that includes the Hashoones and their ship, the Shadow Comet. The stage has been set for a showdown on the Cybele asteroids, a place where neutrality is for sale and friends always go to the highest bidder.
With so many players vying for power, Tycho will have to decide once and for all where his allegiances lie. Because the day when his mother will step down as ship captain is approaching fast—and the fate of much more than the Shadow Comet hangs in the balance.
The Review: The Jupiter Pirates has always been a book about family. The crew of the Shadow Comet is family. The trials and tribulations that can come from it. Family really took center stage in this story and it ran with it, showcasing both the incredible resilience of familial as well as how much strain they can take before breaking.
The most notable factor in this volume is that this is where the series really grew its beard. The other two volumes really felt like merely a prologue and now the story can really get moving. Everything up until now has lead up to this. Bookworm has a feeling that there will be little kid stuff to be had in the next volume.
Bookworm doesn’t dare spoil the ending, where said beard-growing comes to a head, but suffice it to say, it is a gut punch. Growing up is never easy and Tycho and Yana grow up in what is perhaps the most painful way possible. It hits the reader really hard as well and they find themselves cursing the ending. We want more, darn it, more! The next (hopefully not final) book will be something to remember. A lot is up in the air right now.
The ending may be the most memorable section of the text but it is by no means the only part. One of the things that Bookworm has enjoyed about this series, is that it avoided the ham-fisted romances that tended to be forced into novels of the Young Adult variety. This may have something to do with the fact that book is primarily aimed toward grade-school children but it could fall under said category. One could make the argument that Tycho and Yana are no longer children and becoming teenagers themselves so it fits. This book was where the readers are treated to to the first shades of romance in regards to Tycho and a little bit of Yana as well. Tycho falls in with a young lady he meets at a receptions. Without giving too much away, she appears to be way out his league, but they quickly develop a very sweet chemistry. They both bond over the fact that as much as they want to be together, but they are continuously pulled away by the responsibility the owe to their familial responsibilities.
The most common criticism of romance in young adult fictions is that the romances tend to feel shoehorned into the story. While Bookworm admits that it does seem to come out of nowhere, it never feels shoehorned. It is a very age-appropriate romance that is actually quite pleasing in its tenderness. Another item for the Book Four wishlist: Tycho’s lady friend makes a return performance.
Yana, Tycho’s sister, gets a little taste of the romantic as well but sadly it is pushed to the side in favor of Tycho. It would have been nice to explore that facet of the story in a bit more detail but this book series is ultimately the one about Tycho Hashoone.
The most impressive testament to the quality of this text is how it narrowly avoids a phenomenon known as “Sequel Syndrome” also known as “Second-Volume Syndrome.” Sequel syndrome is where a sequel in a creative medium does not do much to advance the plot, rather it serves as a vehicle to introduce new elements that will come into play in later volumes. Such instances are usually considered the weakest in a series. This book, however is not the weakest in the series by far. A lot of new elements have been introduced here but the way they have been conveyed in manner that feels quite organic and natural. The characters live in a fast-paced world and it makes sense that their lives would move quickly as well. Pirate’s had to learn quickly if they were going to survive.
Final Verdict: Bookworm came to a conclusion upon finishing this book: Woe too all who stand in the way of Tycho Hashoone…You are no longer dealing with a mere privateer, you’re dealing with a pirate!
Rating: Five Icons of Saturn out of Five
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The Jupiter Pirates: The Rise of Earth
by Jason Fry
****
Acquired: Amazon.com
Series: Jupiter Pirates (Book 3)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (June 14, 2016)
Language: English
Subject: Science Fiction
****
The Story: For Tycho Hashoone and his family, space privateering is more than a business—it’s a way of life. Now that the Jovian Union needs their help more than ever, their way of life is about to get a lot more complicated.
Earth is preparing to mount an arms race, and it seems they’ve started recruiting privateers of their own. Meanwhile, the Ice Wolves of Saturn are still on the offensive, and their ruthless tactics make them look like the pirates of old. Trapped between two formidable foes, the Jovian Union has asked for all hands on deck—and that includes the Hashoones and their ship, the Shadow Comet. The stage has been set for a showdown on the Cybele asteroids, a place where neutrality is for sale and friends always go to the highest bidder.
With so many players vying for power, Tycho will have to decide once and for all where his allegiances lie. Because the day when his mother will step down as ship captain is approaching fast—and the fate of much more than the Shadow Comet hangs in the balance.
The Review: The Jupiter Pirates has always been a book about family. The crew of the Shadow Comet is family. The trials and tribulations that can come from it. Family really took center stage in this story and it ran with it, showcasing both the incredible resilience of familial as well as how much strain they can take before breaking.
The most notable factor in this volume is that this is where the series really grew its beard. The other two volumes really felt like merely a prologue and now the story can really get moving. Everything up until now has lead up to this. Bookworm has a feeling that there will be little kid stuff to be had in the next volume.
Bookworm doesn’t dare spoil the ending, where said beard-growing comes to a head, but suffice it to say, it is a gut punch. Growing up is never easy and Tycho and Yana grow up in what is perhaps the most painful way possible. It hits the reader really hard as well and they find themselves cursing the ending. We want more, darn it, more! The next (hopefully not final) book will be something to remember. A lot is up in the air right now.
The ending may be the most memorable section of the text but it is by no means the only part. One of the things that Bookworm has enjoyed about this series, is that it avoided the ham-fisted romances that tended to be forced into novels of the Young Adult variety. This may have something to do with the fact that book is primarily aimed toward grade-school children but it could fall under said category. One could make the argument that Tycho and Yana are no longer children and becoming teenagers themselves so it fits. This book was where the readers are treated to to the first shades of romance in regards to Tycho and a little bit of Yana as well. Tycho falls in with a young lady he meets at a receptions. Without giving too much away, she appears to be way out his league, but they quickly develop a very sweet chemistry. They both bond over the fact that as much as they want to be together, but they are continuously pulled away by the responsibility the owe to their familial responsibilities.
The most common criticism of romance in young adult fictions is that the romances tend to feel shoehorned into the story. While Bookworm admits that it does seem to come out of nowhere, it never feels shoehorned. It is a very age-appropriate romance that is actually quite pleasing in its tenderness. Another item for the Book Four wishlist: Tycho’s lady friend makes a return performance.
Yana, Tycho’s sister, gets a little taste of the romantic as well but sadly it is pushed to the side in favor of Tycho. It would have been nice to explore that facet of the story in a bit more detail but this book series is ultimately the one about Tycho Hashoone.
The most impressive testament to the quality of this text is how it narrowly avoids a phenomenon known as “Sequel Syndrome” also known as “Second-Volume Syndrome.” Sequel syndrome is where a sequel in a creative medium does not do much to advance the plot, rather it serves as a vehicle to introduce new elements that will come into play in later volumes. Such instances are usually considered the weakest in a series. This book, however is not the weakest in the series by far. A lot of new elements have been introduced here but the way they have been conveyed in manner that feels quite organic and natural. The characters live in a fast-paced world and it makes sense that their lives would move quickly as well. Pirate’s had to learn quickly if they were going to survive.
Final Verdict: Bookworm came to a conclusion upon finishing this book: Woe too all who stand in the way of Tycho Hashoone…You are no longer dealing with a mere privateer, you’re dealing with a pirate!
Rating: Five Icons of Saturn out of Five
thecultureworm.blogspot.com
January 11, 2020
Review by James, age 10, 1/11/20
This is a book about space privateers. It's been the family business for generations. They used to be pirates before piracy was officially completely outlawed, and then they became privateers. Being a privateer means that they only target specifically flagged vessels, in this case Earth vessels mainly.
At the end of the last book they'd found a lot of treasure in the form of digital cash.
Recently there have been a lot of tensions between the Jovian Union and Earth over independence movements. The Jovian Union wants to be independent, which they technically already are, but what they want is to have the possibility of Earth battleships barging into their section of space. They also want for them to be able to run their own companies without fear of being put out of business by Earth. They don't have standing in Earth's courts. Effectively they don't have representation. That means that their few million people are treated unfairly for the good of the several billion people on Earth.
There's also the problem of Ice Wolves, a group of people who want independence but don't use great ways. The Jovial Union supports their goals but definitely not their methods. Their goals are freedom for the outer planets, and most people would agree that those planets should have freedom, but the thing is the way they're going about it is force, and taking over fuel stations and stuff like that. Also they're not exactly in peace with the rest of the Jovian Union because, while they want the same things, the Ice Wolves are actively hostile towards the Union.
In this story, Tycho is struggling for the Captain's Chair, just like his two siblings. Talk about sibling rivalry! They are stuck in the middle of all the trouble that's going on around them. In addition, Earth wants to make as ship building deal and tries to make an offer that the ship builders cannot resist, and the Union is trying to stop the deal because it means battleships will be built on their side of space. That will lead to an outpost and maybe even a large scale military base.
I enjoyed this story because I am a science fiction fan. I thought it was interesting to read about the political tensions and see how everything ended up in the end.
This book ended at a massive cliff hanger, so we know there's going to be another book. I look forward to it.
This is a book about space privateers. It's been the family business for generations. They used to be pirates before piracy was officially completely outlawed, and then they became privateers. Being a privateer means that they only target specifically flagged vessels, in this case Earth vessels mainly.
At the end of the last book they'd found a lot of treasure in the form of digital cash.
Recently there have been a lot of tensions between the Jovian Union and Earth over independence movements. The Jovian Union wants to be independent, which they technically already are, but what they want is to have the possibility of Earth battleships barging into their section of space. They also want for them to be able to run their own companies without fear of being put out of business by Earth. They don't have standing in Earth's courts. Effectively they don't have representation. That means that their few million people are treated unfairly for the good of the several billion people on Earth.
There's also the problem of Ice Wolves, a group of people who want independence but don't use great ways. The Jovial Union supports their goals but definitely not their methods. Their goals are freedom for the outer planets, and most people would agree that those planets should have freedom, but the thing is the way they're going about it is force, and taking over fuel stations and stuff like that. Also they're not exactly in peace with the rest of the Jovian Union because, while they want the same things, the Ice Wolves are actively hostile towards the Union.
In this story, Tycho is struggling for the Captain's Chair, just like his two siblings. Talk about sibling rivalry! They are stuck in the middle of all the trouble that's going on around them. In addition, Earth wants to make as ship building deal and tries to make an offer that the ship builders cannot resist, and the Union is trying to stop the deal because it means battleships will be built on their side of space. That will lead to an outpost and maybe even a large scale military base.
I enjoyed this story because I am a science fiction fan. I thought it was interesting to read about the political tensions and see how everything ended up in the end.
This book ended at a massive cliff hanger, so we know there's going to be another book. I look forward to it.
October 27, 2018
I don't want to tell people how to do their jobs, but I think I know why this excellent book isn't a much bigger hit: the author didn't have the guts to respect his audience & his tale, choosing instead to load the story with anachronistic pirate ideas borrowed from old movies. Each time I read one of these anachronisms, I was reminded that this was only a children's story: it deserved more than that -- it deserved to be taken seriously. I really liked the book & the writing; I just think the author sold himself (and his work) short.
November 29, 2025
This is a good sci-fi series for tweens and teens about how humanity has spread across the solar system, but not everyone is as fortunate as those living on earth.
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September 8, 2017
Asher (11yo) read.
June 1, 2019
I AM SO ANGRY THAT THE NEXT ONE DOES NOT EXIST YET.
November 15, 2016
The Hashoone family business is piracy, but now they call themselves "privateers." They have a letter of marque from the Jovian Union, and hunt enemy spaceships in their frigate, the "Shadow Comet." Mom Diocletia is captain, dad Mavry is first officer, and the three children, Carlo, Yana, and Tycho serve as bridge crew. Grandfather Huff, part cyborg from a terrible injury, helps where he can. But times are changing. Earth is trying to assert its authority in the outer solar system, issuing letters of marque to its own privateers. A sinister group of pirates, the Ice Wolves, have risen near Saturn. And it seems everyone in the Hashoone family has secrets to keep. During a mission to the Cybele asteroids, these conflicts come to a head as the Cybellians play the factions against each other.
This is an entertaining space opera. Scientifically, it makes no sense, but the author evokes a sense of swashbuckling action and intrigue. It reminds me a lot of the Winston Science Fiction novels from the 1950s, or series like Dig Allen. Ships swoop and swerve through the solar system like airplanes. Space pirates wear holographic tattoos and say, "Arr!" Privateers board spaceships in boarding actions with blazing energy weapons, led by the young Hashoones. This latest novel has a very open ending, so I anticipate more adventures to come.
This is an entertaining space opera. Scientifically, it makes no sense, but the author evokes a sense of swashbuckling action and intrigue. It reminds me a lot of the Winston Science Fiction novels from the 1950s, or series like Dig Allen. Ships swoop and swerve through the solar system like airplanes. Space pirates wear holographic tattoos and say, "Arr!" Privateers board spaceships in boarding actions with blazing energy weapons, led by the young Hashoones. This latest novel has a very open ending, so I anticipate more adventures to come.
October 15, 2016
The plot's getting thicker than last week's burgoo.
April 9, 2017
OH MY GOD. JUST. I CAN'T.
This story got so much bigger than the first 2 books [this book is probably more pages than the first 2 books put together]. The politics, and the tension, and the secrecy; current and old family secrets being dragged out of the deep spacial trenches of the past, and that ending- you just have to read it for yourself.
YOU JUST HAVE TO READ IT FOR YOURSELF!!
P.S. WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE COMING I NEED IT IN MY LIFE YESTERDAY
This story got so much bigger than the first 2 books [this book is probably more pages than the first 2 books put together]. The politics, and the tension, and the secrecy; current and old family secrets being dragged out of the deep spacial trenches of the past, and that ending- you just have to read it for yourself.
YOU JUST HAVE TO READ IT FOR YOURSELF!!
P.S. WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE COMING I NEED IT IN MY LIFE YESTERDAY
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