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Fool Me Once (Privateer Tales) Paperback – May 31, 2014

by Jamie McFarlane (Author)
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Celina Dontal just escaped eighteen months of captivity at the hands of Alexander Boyarov and his crew, members of the brutal Red Houzi Clan. That should have been the hard part. It was only the beginning. When she tried to contact her younger sister, Jenny, Celina received shocking news. The one person in the universe that Celina loved and lived for, was missing, and no one could tell her what happened. A vague mention of passage booked to the metropolis of Puskar Stellar on Mars was the only clue Celina unearthed, but Jenny hasn't responded to any of Celina’s messages. Celina has no friends on Mars and to make things worse, Boyarov is skating on thin ice with the Red Houzi. He lost their ship and prisoner. Retrieving both as quickly as possible is the only hope he has of preserving his own life. He's on the hunt. If there is to be any help for Celina and Jenny, it will have to come from strangers. Puskar Stellar is a big city and finding someone who is trustworthy can be a slippery quest. Fool Me Once, a standalone novella, is the second story in Jamie McFarlane’s Privateer Tales.
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    Privateer Tales
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 31, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 102 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1499752121
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1499752120
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.22 x 9.02 inches
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    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 3,152 ratings

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Jamie McFarlane is a graduate of Colorado School of Mines with a Master of Science in Mathematics. An avid reader, tinkerer, woodworker and metal sculptor, Jamie is just as likely to be seen smelting aluminum cans in his garage as he is tacking random, discarded iron objects into a small army of beasties that adorn his home’s landscaping.

Jamie’s writing career began as something of a dare which later turned into a tribute. In his late teens, Jamie was well known as the family story-teller, spinning fanciful yarns about ordinary events, usually with the objective of escaping well-deserved trouble. One day, his mother, often the target of his mischievous tales, challenged him to commit his words to writing. Jamie promised he would but time passed, as did his beloved mother. In 2014, Jamie made good on his promise and published his first book.

Jamie is the author of a growing library of novels and novellas of military science fiction titles including Junkyard Pirate and the Privateer Tales series.

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Mike Keller
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent action, great characters! Too short!
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2023
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The deaths of her parents left Celine with a younger sister to raise. She did everything she could to support her sister, eventually turning to prostitution to pay the bills. Then she was kidnapped by a gang of smugglers who raped and beat Celine until she was little more than an animal. Worst - while she was trying to get away, Jenny (Celine's little sister) was abducted and sold into slavery. Good fortune led her to a good person with the right contacts and Celine was on her way to getting her little sister back.

The characters driving this story have had it rough, but stayed true and upright in character. Celine will do anything to return Jenny to her and provide her with the life she deserves. Jenny is a frightened child with no will to fight back, but Celine has friends now! They will do anything to save Jenny! Great action! Great storyline! Could have been a bit longer, but we'll see how the series continues! This is a good, short read.
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Prodigious Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable book
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2023
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This was another good book in the series although it was a short one. It was a little bit of a curve ball that the main characters from the first book weren’t in this one.
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JackInTN
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series, love the titillated adventure in another life...
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020
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I read for escapism. The series that starts with Liam Tabby and Nick as teens who grow up way to fast due to no fault of their own, is a wonderful tale of space, love, friendship, leadership, conflict, understanding, family, with the ability to grow and keep learning for the characters and the reader. There are a few slow sections, some battles read so fast I get sucked right in. Later books the language gets stronger (no real story line need, IMHO, but still within my semi-prudish personal acceptance norm. It could have been done without and not lost anything.)

If you enjoy watching and growing with this team from youth through adulthood, I recommend them. Warts and all. (Lord knows that part is real!)
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Morlock
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Hard Sci-Fi
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2016
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Privateers is a good read with well-developed characters and an entertaining story line. It is the first series that I have read in a very long time that had well developed foundational science on which the rest of the story framework is based. The use of AI, smart fabric, and Internet of things, was very well integrated into the story and extended into the future. The only nits I have to pick with the series are the improbable interrelationships between some of the characters, the illogical expansion from the Milky Way to the Dwingeloo galaxy, which is 10 million light-year away from Earth. There are many other choices much closer, such as Andromeda, at 2.5 million. Additionally, it is unlikely that the 100 to 400 billion stars within the Milky Way could have been explored. One last nick pick, was the reference to the Marny Bertrand, a former Marine, who is referred to as a Master Chief, which is a Navy rank. The correct rank for a Marine E9 would be Master Gunnery Sergeant, or Gunny.
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Char
4.0 out of 5 stars Lost and found
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2021
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well, this was unexpected. Nick and Liam aren't in this story. I get the feeling all the books in this series (Privateer tales) will have different characters and different story lines. That's ok. This is an interesting story about a woman who is looking for her sister. It's fast paced and a pretty short story, but I thought it was well told. Enjoy...
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Mvargus
3.0 out of 5 stars The villains were easy to hate (if hard to believe in
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2014
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It was cute. The heroine was a damsel in distress. The villains were easy to hate (if hard to believe in.) and the plot was straightforward.

Should be a great book.

Sadly, for all that the story was bland..... .just.... bland.

I wanted to like the heroine more, but you never really got to know her even though the story is written in the first person.

I would have loved to really hate the villains, but they make so many illogical decisions that it became clear they existed merely to move the plot around rather than to be long term foils for the heroine.

Jamie is a skilled writer, but the lack of any real character development and the need to keep the plot so tightly focused that the villains and the heroine both make inexplicable decisions was a major disappointment. It's a good book, but based on the original premise, it could have been a great book.
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BillL41
5.0 out of 5 stars Fear and Love motivates.....
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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Loss and fear for her sister drives her on a path to danger. Help comes along to ease the challenge facing her.
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Giles Swatos
4.0 out of 5 stars Great little story. But it's pretty short, even for a 'Novella'. (@100pgs)
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2014
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Wish I'd seen that this was a novella before I got excited about what I thought was the second book in a series. You know how I like novella's? In Omnibus format. Not a bad story, and fun development of a side-plot, but no advancement on the main story arc. The author quips in his bio "With a focus that only a bill collector could inspire, he {the author} has finally relented to recording some of his most of {sic} requested stories". And that's fine, we all gotta pay the bills. But this was just a taster; an appetizer. So, Jamie - we're waiting. Lets put some meat on the plate next time. Lets aim for 300pgs next time, eh? Or, do 3 short stories, in the 100pg range, if you're really a short-story kind of guy. That's great - Sharon Lee and Steve Miller chuck out some phenomenal short stories in their Liaden Universe.
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bushbaby
5.0 out of 5 stars Another brilliant story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2023
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I thought this was a another very good story in the Privateer Tales series. Only a novella length (but with a correspondingly modest price), it had another excellent plot and proper ending, exploring one of the supposed antagonists in the first book in a more sympathetic light and making me care about her. Thoroughly recommended.
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drnetty
5.0 out of 5 stars Rescue Op
Reviewed in Australia on April 2, 2018
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When we left Lena she was a broken shell. This story tells of her escape and the beginnings of her recovery and reentry into civilisation. I enjoyed learning more of her back story as she sets out to rescue her sister, and really loved Talia and her friends! Another fun adventure in the Privateer universe.
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TorontoJim
5.0 out of 5 stars A great, fast paced story.
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2015
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A great character, well developed, and convincing. The story was fast paced, gave an interesting vision of the future, and kept me turning the pages. I'm ordering volume 3 right now!
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Neversan
3.0 out of 5 stars "Kurzgeschichte zum Romanpreis"
Reviewed in Germany on September 1, 2014
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Rückblickend empfinde ich "Fool me once" als etwas provokativen Titel. Denn ich komme mir von Jamie McFarlane tatsächlich in zweierlei Hinsicht etwas über den Tisch gezogen vor. Ich war von Band 1 so sehr angetan, dass ich bei Band 2 nicht genauer nachgelesen habe. Also entging mir zweierlei:

1. Der "Roman" hat nur 104 Seiten - das aber zum stolzen Preis von 2,68 € (Band 1 hat 274 Seiten fast zum gleichen Preis).
2. Es ist eine Stand-Alone-Geschichte um die bislang unwichtige Nebenfigur Celina Dontal - die entführte und versklavte Prostituierte aus Band 1.

Weder den Preis noch meine eigene Unaufmerksamkeit möchte ich in die Bewertung einfließen lassen. Erwähnen möchte ich es allerdings durchaus.

Warum aber dann 3 Sterne, wenn mir Band 1 als selbstpubliziertes Erstlingswerk die 4-5 Sterne problemlos wert gewesen wäre?

Die Story kommt - auch in Anbetracht ihrer Kürze - in mehreren Punkten nicht an Band 1 heran.

Der Plot erinnert vom Stil her an nicht selten an eine alte Privatdetektivgeschichte aus den 30er Jahren: Celina kehrt an Bord des ihr überlassenen Kutters zu ihrer Heimatkolonie zurück, einem Bergbaunest Im Asteroidengürtel zwischen Mars und Jupiter. Sie erfährt, dass ihre jüngere Schwester unauffindbar ist und wohl die Kolonie an Bord eines "Familienschiffs" verlassen hat. Die Spur führt gen Marskolonie. Verfolgt von den überlebenden Piraten, die mir ihr noch ein Hühnchen rupfen möchten und leichtes Spiel erwarten macht sie in der dortigen Freihandelsenklave auf die Suche...

Was dann folgt, hat wie gesagt wenig Piraten- oder Grenzlandflair. Celina findet schnell - eher zu schnell - zur Rolle einer femme fatale sowie diverse Kontakte und Freunde, übersteht mit diesen einige Actionszenen aus Hinterhalten und Verfolgungsjagden mit den Piraten und kurz danach ist auch schon heraus, wo nun die vermisste Schwester steckt und ..Ende Gelände.

Durchaus lesbar, durchaus sympathische Haupt- und Nebencharaktere, aber insgesamt "nichts besonderes" was Story und Kreativität angeht. Eine Prise "Sam - Spade" - Roman vermischt mit einer Prise SciFi. An sich keine schlechte Idee, aber durchaus noch viel Spielraum nach oben. Es gibt keine großen Entwicklungen oder gar Wendungen im Plot. Die Gegner bleiben konturlose Scherenschnitte. Celina und Helfer schauen als erste nennenswerte Suchaktion nach rund 3/4 des Buchs schnell an Bord des Schiffes nach, das ihre Schwester mitgenommen hat und kurz danach ist der Aufenthaltsort dann auch schon bekannt. Kurzer, eher undramatischer Endkampf und schon überrollt den Leser das eher unerwartete Ende.

Fazit: Jamie McFarlane kann definitiv unterhaltsam und stimmig schreiben. Band 1 (Rookie Privateer) belegt das nur zu deutlich. Auch Fool Me Once hat hiervon deutliche Spuren: Aus einem an sich unspektakulären Plot macht er immerhin rund 100 durchaus unterhaltsame Seiten. Mehr aber auch nicht. Hier wäre problemlos mehr drin gewesen. Nicht nur vom Umfang, auch inhaltlich.
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Allan Lock
4.0 out of 5 stars Gr8 read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2016
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Not quite as good as the fist book, but a great read just the same. The story stands alone if you haven't read book 1, it does follow on but I was disappointed that it was about a new character. Would still recommend it.
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