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The Endurance #3
Promissory Note
They can change life aboard the Endurance, if only they can work together.
Thanks to a small disaster aboard the Endurance, popular, beautiful and adored Laura Hyland is unable to meet the terms of a promissory note she wrote. The note has been signed over to the horrible Micah Thorn, an elite coder with a dark reputation and no social skills. The note ties Laura to Thorn and forces her to work with him. When she digs into his personal history, though, his work takes on a far deeper meaning…and could change everyone’s life for the better.
Promissory Note is the third book in the science fiction romance series readers are calling gripping, superb and fantastic. Written by award-winning SFR author Tracy Cooper-Posey, it is set aboard the closed-system marathon-class vessel Endurance, a generation ship a thousand years from its destination. If you like the smart, romantic SF of authors like Linnea Sinclair and Anna Hackett, you will love the Endurance series.
Thanks to a small disaster aboard the Endurance, popular, beautiful and adored Laura Hyland is unable to meet the terms of a promissory note she wrote. The note has been signed over to the horrible Micah Thorn, an elite coder with a dark reputation and no social skills. The note ties Laura to Thorn and forces her to work with him. When she digs into his personal history, though, his work takes on a far deeper meaning…and could change everyone’s life for the better.
Promissory Note is the third book in the science fiction romance series readers are calling gripping, superb and fantastic. Written by award-winning SFR author Tracy Cooper-Posey, it is set aboard the closed-system marathon-class vessel Endurance, a generation ship a thousand years from its destination. If you like the smart, romantic SF of authors like Linnea Sinclair and Anna Hackett, you will love the Endurance series.
170 pages, ebook
First published July 9, 2016
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About the author
Tracy Cooper-Posey
206 books973 followersTracy Cooper-Posey is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author. She writes romantic suspense, paranormal, urban fantasy, futuristic and science fiction romances. She has published over 100 novels since 1999, been nominated for five CAPAs including Favourite Author, and won the Emma Darcy Award.
She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year and Byzantine Heartbreak was a 2012 winner. Faring Soul won a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 for “Most Intriguing Philosophical/Social Science Questions in Galaxybuilding” She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught romance writing at MacEwan University.
She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.
She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year and Byzantine Heartbreak was a 2012 winner. Faring Soul won a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 for “Most Intriguing Philosophical/Social Science Questions in Galaxybuilding” She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught romance writing at MacEwan University.
She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.
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November 26, 2020
It's been a while since I've read space travel romance, but I had just finished de Bodard's On a Red Station, Drifting yesterday, and felt the need to return to the world of The Endurance. Cooper-Posey's SF romance series is intelligent with detailed world building and engaging characters who live out their lives aboard the generation-class starship Endurance, a a flying city hundred of years from Destination. This latest installment moves forward about 100 years from the prior book's events, and features two unlikely characters, a curmudgeonly coder with a limp and a software engineer with a passion for gardening and a bartered promissory note. The story promises, and delivers on, vanilla-sweet realistic romance and unusual conversations about economics in a romance. Very recommended.
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September 14, 2016
PLEASE NOTE THIS REVIEW IS A SERIES REVIEW, AND THUS DUPLICATED FOR THE BOOKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE ENDURANCE SERIES: 5,001, GREYSON'S DOOM, YESTERDAY'S LEGACY, AND PROMISSORY NOTE. THUS, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SPOILERS!!
Greyson's Doom
Yesterday's Legacy
Promissory Note
5,001
The Endurance Series
First, I do NOT always review in series! I just seem to be on a series-reading trend at the moment. That’s a “very good thing” because it means the books are captivating me to the point where I don’t want to leave that ‘world’. But it makes it difficult to separate the books out for a proper one-book review, so please forgive me for yet another long, combined review!
The series is comprised of these four stories: 5,001 (a short story), Greyson’s Doom, Yesterday’s Legacy, and Promissory Note. While first in the series, 5,001 actually comes later chronologically, which is how I’m going to discuss the series.
Background
The ‘world’ is The Endurance, a generational ship of colonists who have left Old Terra and are on their way to a new home referred to as Destination. The ship is led by a captain, but a lot of the ‘work’ of the ship is actually in the hands of an artificial intelligence system. The ship has been fitted with everything needed to sustain multiple generations of humans within a closed system. The ship is divided into regions, some resemble crowded cities, some industrial areas, while others are parkland and farmland with scattered residences among living trees and plants to mimic Old Terra. There is a river, or water system, the motion of the ship creates gravity and the AI controls a day/night system of lighting. People are born from artificial wombs and the AI selects people to serve as parents. There are limited children born in order the maintain a viable and supportable number of people on the ship, so becoming a parent is considered an honour, although everyone on board really work together to raise children properly. Upon reaching a certain age – about 14 – children are assigned a mentor and raised to work within certain occupations that support the ship. Everyone is assigned a daily amount of rations and entitled to a certain number of energy credits which is used to ‘print’ or generate everything from food to clothes, tools, or items of interest. All waste or objects no longer wanted are recycled or added to the energy pool of the ship. People are loosely divided into patricians and plebeians based on occupation, family, and where they live. Everyone comes together to enjoy tankball, however – a ball game played in special arenas where the ball and the arena or tank goes through various levels of gravity from 2 gs to zero-g. People become quite obsessive over the game, and I admit that I’d love to see it played for real! People’s lives are mostly open to public view, as news, activities, and personal ‘blogs’ are freely available and widespread on the Forum, which I tend to think of as a system like Facebook on steroids. People can post anything, comment on anything, and debate over anything. Everyone’s lives are available for public view so this keeps people ‘honest’. The only thing missing is there don’t seem to be any pets on the ship, so no widespread photos of kittens or puppies.
Greyson’s Doom (ship years 210-219)
Greyson Durant is the newest captain of The Endurance. He has not been in the position for long, having taken over when his mentor stepped down. The story begins when Greyson is assigned a child to mentor. This is not as good news as it sounds, as there is only one captain, this means that the AI has calculated the odds that a new captain will be needed not far into the future – in other words, Greyson is going to die at a young age. So it is with some resentment that he takes on the mentorship of Emmaline Victore, age 14. Problem is that Emmaline does not want to be captain! The first part of the story takes us through the challenges Greyson and Emmaline face as he tries to teach her how to be a captain through challenging her at every turn while she tries to resist but finds herself not able to resist answering those challenges. Years pass. Emmaline has grown into an adult and gets assigned to work on the Bridge staff until Greyson is to meet his predicted fate. Somewhere along the way, Greyson and Emmaline fall in love. But Greyson’s fate comes all too soon when a mysterious flu-like infection sweeps over the ship. Emmaline is forced to take over the captaincy while adding her efforts to keep Greyson and the rest of the people on the ship alive. I won’t say how that ends, but it’s an interesting twist!
Yesterday’s Legacy (ship year 313)
Marlow Fitzgerald is in charge of the civil guard on board The Endurance. When there is an incident at a tankball game, her path crosses that of Jonah Solomon, a radical free-thinker who has taken the unusual path of being raised a patrician to not having an occupation. He has gone through several, and lived in several districts on the ship, so he has a unique perspective, seeing life through the eyes of both patricians and plebeians. He has become quite popular writing essays on the Forum, and has managed to supplement the basic rations by bartering stories for goods. In the current ship environment, there is a lot of unhappiness as rations are cut, and the captain and Bridge crew have made decisions that the populace is unhappy with. Unrest grows steadily and Marlow and Jonah are caught in the middle of a complicated political game – literally as people become divided by which tankball teams they support, teams which divide along lines of patricians, plebeians, and Bridge crew. The games become opportunities for people on all sides to show their public support for or against others, which leads to rioting. Somewhere in the midst of threats of mutiny, Marlow and Jonah find love. Jonah also discovers his true role on the ship, and Marlow discovers her own role is more complex than she thought.
Promissory Note (ship year 402)
Life on board The Endurance seems to have gotten a bit grittier. Especially for the average citizen, like socially popular engineer Laura Hyland, who has found herself in a position of needing an extension on a loan. The loan was to afford her apartment home in one of the crowded cities in exchange for growing produce on her rooftop for a local shopkeeper – a wily man who is a true master of bartering, which is the only economic system available as currency has no meaning on a ship where basic needs are provided for everyone through a system of rations and energy credits, as it has been since the day the ship launched its journey. When she goes to ask for an extension, Laura discovers her promissory note was exchanged to Micah Thorn, a notoriously unpopular, unsocial man who makes a living coding systems to support the ship. Coding covers all of the systems, basically making improvements shipwide under direction of the AI. Micah offers a deal – if Laura will work on a research project for him on the side, he will consider it payment for her note. Laura agrees, despite knowing that Micah is feared by most people for his constant scowl, rumours of revenge against those that anger him, and a mysterious past – very unusual as he must be the only person without a real presence on the Forum. Laura finds herself increasingly intrigued by both Micah and the research project he has her doing. Micah is similarly intrigued by the Laura, as she seems to be the only person that sees through his scowl and is also intelligent enough to grasp the theory he is trying to work out in his research. A project that turns out to have major implications for the future of everyone on The Endurance.
5,001 (ship year 735)
Caelen Williams, a master engineer, is called by the Bridge to investigate a serious problem – they are losing water. This should be impossible since the ship is a closed system and everything is recycled. The problem has been increasing over the past 17 years and if it continues, threatens the lives of everyone onboard. Caelen discovers that the data systems have somehow been manipulated to create this problem, but to learn who and why, she needs the help of Devar Todd, a former primary coder whom Caelen has a previous relationship with. Devar no longer works as a coder, has become a bit of a recluse, because he was charged with game fraud surrounding tankball – roughly 17 years ago. Caelen and Devar have a theory that he was framed, around the same time the problems with the ship’s water system began. Is this a coincidence or is there something more going on? The former lovers reconnect as they come to a startling conclusion, and must take risks to test their theory – a theory that will exonerate Devar while also having a MAJOR impact on the ship and the lives of the people on board. This short story ends with a revelation that I truly hope the author explores more fully in a later book!
Bottomline
I found the concept of life on a generational colonist ship fascinating, and the author does an amazing job of showing how various systems – not just mechanical or physical, but social, economics, etc., function together. I felt like this would have been a fascinating project to have done back in my college days when I was taking a course in system dynamics as part of a futures studies program. I probably would have made a better grade if I could have used this series as an example and mapped out the various systems and how they worked together! The author does an excellent job of showing the ship as an enclosed system along all of the STEEPLED concepts we studied. (STEEPLED being a multi-perspective view of looking at a system through its component parts of social, technology, environment, economics, politics, legal, education, and demographics, and how these parts influence each other.) This series totally appealed to the futurist side of me as well as to the SF fan and the romantic inside. Yes, there is love and sex in this story, but not a lot of the latter, or at least it doesn’t seem like a lot, but I found myself so caught up in other aspects of the story that there may be more than I realize. I admit, this world is proving to be difficult to leave behind. I want to live in this world. I think I read there will be another book in the series coming out soon and I seriously hope that is correct! I’d pick this as one of those series that I want to never end! (Apologies to the author, I know writing does not work that way.)
Greyson's Doom
Yesterday's Legacy
Promissory Note
5,001
The Endurance Series
First, I do NOT always review in series! I just seem to be on a series-reading trend at the moment. That’s a “very good thing” because it means the books are captivating me to the point where I don’t want to leave that ‘world’. But it makes it difficult to separate the books out for a proper one-book review, so please forgive me for yet another long, combined review!
The series is comprised of these four stories: 5,001 (a short story), Greyson’s Doom, Yesterday’s Legacy, and Promissory Note. While first in the series, 5,001 actually comes later chronologically, which is how I’m going to discuss the series.
Background
The ‘world’ is The Endurance, a generational ship of colonists who have left Old Terra and are on their way to a new home referred to as Destination. The ship is led by a captain, but a lot of the ‘work’ of the ship is actually in the hands of an artificial intelligence system. The ship has been fitted with everything needed to sustain multiple generations of humans within a closed system. The ship is divided into regions, some resemble crowded cities, some industrial areas, while others are parkland and farmland with scattered residences among living trees and plants to mimic Old Terra. There is a river, or water system, the motion of the ship creates gravity and the AI controls a day/night system of lighting. People are born from artificial wombs and the AI selects people to serve as parents. There are limited children born in order the maintain a viable and supportable number of people on the ship, so becoming a parent is considered an honour, although everyone on board really work together to raise children properly. Upon reaching a certain age – about 14 – children are assigned a mentor and raised to work within certain occupations that support the ship. Everyone is assigned a daily amount of rations and entitled to a certain number of energy credits which is used to ‘print’ or generate everything from food to clothes, tools, or items of interest. All waste or objects no longer wanted are recycled or added to the energy pool of the ship. People are loosely divided into patricians and plebeians based on occupation, family, and where they live. Everyone comes together to enjoy tankball, however – a ball game played in special arenas where the ball and the arena or tank goes through various levels of gravity from 2 gs to zero-g. People become quite obsessive over the game, and I admit that I’d love to see it played for real! People’s lives are mostly open to public view, as news, activities, and personal ‘blogs’ are freely available and widespread on the Forum, which I tend to think of as a system like Facebook on steroids. People can post anything, comment on anything, and debate over anything. Everyone’s lives are available for public view so this keeps people ‘honest’. The only thing missing is there don’t seem to be any pets on the ship, so no widespread photos of kittens or puppies.
Greyson’s Doom (ship years 210-219)
Greyson Durant is the newest captain of The Endurance. He has not been in the position for long, having taken over when his mentor stepped down. The story begins when Greyson is assigned a child to mentor. This is not as good news as it sounds, as there is only one captain, this means that the AI has calculated the odds that a new captain will be needed not far into the future – in other words, Greyson is going to die at a young age. So it is with some resentment that he takes on the mentorship of Emmaline Victore, age 14. Problem is that Emmaline does not want to be captain! The first part of the story takes us through the challenges Greyson and Emmaline face as he tries to teach her how to be a captain through challenging her at every turn while she tries to resist but finds herself not able to resist answering those challenges. Years pass. Emmaline has grown into an adult and gets assigned to work on the Bridge staff until Greyson is to meet his predicted fate. Somewhere along the way, Greyson and Emmaline fall in love. But Greyson’s fate comes all too soon when a mysterious flu-like infection sweeps over the ship. Emmaline is forced to take over the captaincy while adding her efforts to keep Greyson and the rest of the people on the ship alive. I won’t say how that ends, but it’s an interesting twist!
Yesterday’s Legacy (ship year 313)
Marlow Fitzgerald is in charge of the civil guard on board The Endurance. When there is an incident at a tankball game, her path crosses that of Jonah Solomon, a radical free-thinker who has taken the unusual path of being raised a patrician to not having an occupation. He has gone through several, and lived in several districts on the ship, so he has a unique perspective, seeing life through the eyes of both patricians and plebeians. He has become quite popular writing essays on the Forum, and has managed to supplement the basic rations by bartering stories for goods. In the current ship environment, there is a lot of unhappiness as rations are cut, and the captain and Bridge crew have made decisions that the populace is unhappy with. Unrest grows steadily and Marlow and Jonah are caught in the middle of a complicated political game – literally as people become divided by which tankball teams they support, teams which divide along lines of patricians, plebeians, and Bridge crew. The games become opportunities for people on all sides to show their public support for or against others, which leads to rioting. Somewhere in the midst of threats of mutiny, Marlow and Jonah find love. Jonah also discovers his true role on the ship, and Marlow discovers her own role is more complex than she thought.
Promissory Note (ship year 402)
Life on board The Endurance seems to have gotten a bit grittier. Especially for the average citizen, like socially popular engineer Laura Hyland, who has found herself in a position of needing an extension on a loan. The loan was to afford her apartment home in one of the crowded cities in exchange for growing produce on her rooftop for a local shopkeeper – a wily man who is a true master of bartering, which is the only economic system available as currency has no meaning on a ship where basic needs are provided for everyone through a system of rations and energy credits, as it has been since the day the ship launched its journey. When she goes to ask for an extension, Laura discovers her promissory note was exchanged to Micah Thorn, a notoriously unpopular, unsocial man who makes a living coding systems to support the ship. Coding covers all of the systems, basically making improvements shipwide under direction of the AI. Micah offers a deal – if Laura will work on a research project for him on the side, he will consider it payment for her note. Laura agrees, despite knowing that Micah is feared by most people for his constant scowl, rumours of revenge against those that anger him, and a mysterious past – very unusual as he must be the only person without a real presence on the Forum. Laura finds herself increasingly intrigued by both Micah and the research project he has her doing. Micah is similarly intrigued by the Laura, as she seems to be the only person that sees through his scowl and is also intelligent enough to grasp the theory he is trying to work out in his research. A project that turns out to have major implications for the future of everyone on The Endurance.
5,001 (ship year 735)
Caelen Williams, a master engineer, is called by the Bridge to investigate a serious problem – they are losing water. This should be impossible since the ship is a closed system and everything is recycled. The problem has been increasing over the past 17 years and if it continues, threatens the lives of everyone onboard. Caelen discovers that the data systems have somehow been manipulated to create this problem, but to learn who and why, she needs the help of Devar Todd, a former primary coder whom Caelen has a previous relationship with. Devar no longer works as a coder, has become a bit of a recluse, because he was charged with game fraud surrounding tankball – roughly 17 years ago. Caelen and Devar have a theory that he was framed, around the same time the problems with the ship’s water system began. Is this a coincidence or is there something more going on? The former lovers reconnect as they come to a startling conclusion, and must take risks to test their theory – a theory that will exonerate Devar while also having a MAJOR impact on the ship and the lives of the people on board. This short story ends with a revelation that I truly hope the author explores more fully in a later book!
Bottomline
I found the concept of life on a generational colonist ship fascinating, and the author does an amazing job of showing how various systems – not just mechanical or physical, but social, economics, etc., function together. I felt like this would have been a fascinating project to have done back in my college days when I was taking a course in system dynamics as part of a futures studies program. I probably would have made a better grade if I could have used this series as an example and mapped out the various systems and how they worked together! The author does an excellent job of showing the ship as an enclosed system along all of the STEEPLED concepts we studied. (STEEPLED being a multi-perspective view of looking at a system through its component parts of social, technology, environment, economics, politics, legal, education, and demographics, and how these parts influence each other.) This series totally appealed to the futurist side of me as well as to the SF fan and the romantic inside. Yes, there is love and sex in this story, but not a lot of the latter, or at least it doesn’t seem like a lot, but I found myself so caught up in other aspects of the story that there may be more than I realize. I admit, this world is proving to be difficult to leave behind. I want to live in this world. I think I read there will be another book in the series coming out soon and I seriously hope that is correct! I’d pick this as one of those series that I want to never end! (Apologies to the author, I know writing does not work that way.)
September 27, 2016
WOW! Tracy has done it again. This is a GREAT book. I did not read the first two books in the series and I must now rectify that oversight. I could not put down this story. From the very beginning of the book I wanted to learn more about Laura and Micah, two people who think that they are broken. Following the development of their relationship is riveting.
I usually avoid science fiction romance because some aspect, the science or the romance, is lacking. Not in Promissory Note. (I never expected to see the phrase “fiat money” used in a romance novel.) The science and the romance both have the perfect depth to them. I am really looking forward to the next book in this series.
I usually avoid science fiction romance because some aspect, the science or the romance, is lacking. Not in Promissory Note. (I never expected to see the phrase “fiat money” used in a romance novel.) The science and the romance both have the perfect depth to them. I am really looking forward to the next book in this series.
March 10, 2020
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This sci-fi romance takes place on a colony ship. The heroines debt is traded to the hero and then they work together. The world building is fascinating. The romance is slow and not without obstacles, but I was satisfied with the ending.
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This sci-fi romance takes place on a colony ship. The heroines debt is traded to the hero and then they work together. The world building is fascinating. The romance is slow and not without obstacles, but I was satisfied with the ending.
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August 26, 2022
I loved how Laura loved Nature and growing things but then when we learn who is her trusted friend we understand so much more and i was smiling at seeing another character we learned about before.
Micah was a mystery at first but we could see he was not a bad man at all then we learn his history and his behaviour is so much much understandable. I love that thanks to Laura he opens his heart again
Both of them are hiding a secret to protect themself but together they are able to do great for the endurance and it was simply fabulous!
Micah was a mystery at first but we could see he was not a bad man at all then we learn his history and his behaviour is so much much understandable. I love that thanks to Laura he opens his heart again
Both of them are hiding a secret to protect themself but together they are able to do great for the endurance and it was simply fabulous!
August 25, 2022
This is Book 3 in The Endurance Series. I recommend reading the books in order. This is Laura and Micah’s story. Two opposite people coming together at the right time for the Endurance.
Such a captivating page turner, with suspense and a solution that benefits the people in the ship.
Such a captivating page turner, with suspense and a solution that benefits the people in the ship.
November 18, 2017
Lovely story; I love it! Great characters, great plot, great dialogue and narrative.
January 4, 2018
Lovely story; I love it! Great characters, great plot, great dialogue and narrative.
August 15, 2016
Title: Promissory Note
Series: The Endurance Book 4
Note: Book 4
Author: Tracy Cooper-Posey
This is my review of Promissory Note, book in The Endurance Series. I got this fourth book in the series free as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is the continuation of a great world and is a full story in one book. Be warned though you will not want to stop with just this one book and I am ready to find out what happens in the rest of the books. Despite the length it does move at a good pace and keeps you interested.
This book is the continuation of The Endurance and its crew. Laura has a promissory note that says she must give her vegetables to the person who holds the note in exchange for her apartment. After a problem on board the ship Laura is unable to complete the agreement that she signed and as a result she has lost the note and it was signed over to Micah Thorn. Laura is a woman who spends most of her time in her garden and everyone loves her. Micah is a bit of an egotistical guy and is a very alpha male. Laura is now forced to work for him because he is basically in control. This makes Laura very mad but she does what she needs to and even learns to care for him after she learns information about his past. Both Micah and Laura have demons in their past and have trouble trusting but slowly they learn to work together and things develop.
You do seem some familiar faces from the other books but there is not enough information about them given up that it would ruin the endings of the other books. I was able to read this as a standalone and I am still going to try to get the other books to read as well because I am interested in this world and this crew and want to read more. This is my first book by this author and I must say I was not disappointed. I did have some technical issues getting the book but that was my own fault and it was well worth it. Once you find out the true past of Laura and Micah they become so much more loveable characters and you find yourself upset by all that they have endured. It takes a good author to be able to bring out emotions in you just from words on a screen but this author has managed to do it and I am very happy with the book. I think you will love it, even if you have not read any of the other books in this series. This is a science fiction book with a romance involved that uses the backdrop of the Endurance’s continuing journey to Destination to continue its plot.
This book is part of The Endurance series:
Book 0.5 5,001
Book 1.0 Greyson’s Doom
Book 2.0 Yesterday’s Legacy
Book 3.0 Promissory Note
Series: The Endurance Book 4
Note: Book 4
Author: Tracy Cooper-Posey
This is my review of Promissory Note, book in The Endurance Series. I got this fourth book in the series free as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is the continuation of a great world and is a full story in one book. Be warned though you will not want to stop with just this one book and I am ready to find out what happens in the rest of the books. Despite the length it does move at a good pace and keeps you interested.
This book is the continuation of The Endurance and its crew. Laura has a promissory note that says she must give her vegetables to the person who holds the note in exchange for her apartment. After a problem on board the ship Laura is unable to complete the agreement that she signed and as a result she has lost the note and it was signed over to Micah Thorn. Laura is a woman who spends most of her time in her garden and everyone loves her. Micah is a bit of an egotistical guy and is a very alpha male. Laura is now forced to work for him because he is basically in control. This makes Laura very mad but she does what she needs to and even learns to care for him after she learns information about his past. Both Micah and Laura have demons in their past and have trouble trusting but slowly they learn to work together and things develop.
You do seem some familiar faces from the other books but there is not enough information about them given up that it would ruin the endings of the other books. I was able to read this as a standalone and I am still going to try to get the other books to read as well because I am interested in this world and this crew and want to read more. This is my first book by this author and I must say I was not disappointed. I did have some technical issues getting the book but that was my own fault and it was well worth it. Once you find out the true past of Laura and Micah they become so much more loveable characters and you find yourself upset by all that they have endured. It takes a good author to be able to bring out emotions in you just from words on a screen but this author has managed to do it and I am very happy with the book. I think you will love it, even if you have not read any of the other books in this series. This is a science fiction book with a romance involved that uses the backdrop of the Endurance’s continuing journey to Destination to continue its plot.
This book is part of The Endurance series:
Book 0.5 5,001
Book 1.0 Greyson’s Doom
Book 2.0 Yesterday’s Legacy
Book 3.0 Promissory Note
August 9, 2016
*I received this story as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
First, my visceral reaction to Promissory Note. I very much enjoyed it. I had the requisite spine-tingling moments, laughter, suspense, and tears. And after reading, I did a lot of thinking about the ideas the story evoked. In my mind the best stories make me mull, ponder, and ruminate over concepts, and if it’s highly entertaining, then it’s on my favorites list. This story hit all of those marks.
Now for the more technical stuff: this is the fourth book in Tracy Cooper-Posey’s Endurance series and it can be read without first having been introduced to the others as it takes place about 90 “years” after the events in Yesterday’s Legacy.
The plot of the story is not usual for what a reader sees in this genre, but it is well executed and enjoyable. However, I deducted one point simply because the pacing in the first half of the book was unexpected and a bit slow for me. If I could have taken a half point, I would have, but alas! Anyway, Cooper-Posey gives a new twist to an old archetype, and readers get to have a fresh look at Romance. It’s Science-Fiction light, but heavy on the world building. The setting takes place with people who are traveling on a ship through outer space hoping to reach a landing place they call Destination. Much like Earth is our home, their world is centered on their ship.
What happens in such a close environment during hundreds of years of travel? Well, this story helps to outline some of those issues. Another difference, for me anyway, is that the love scenes aren’t hot and heavy. The main characters, Micah Thorn and Laura Hyland, initially feel of distrust for one another though they are forced to work together when Micah trades for Laura’s promissory note to another person. Their story progresses more in line with reality. Not insta-love, but love that grows through mutual understanding and respect over a period of time. They are like real people; complex, damaged, wary, and compensating for their faults in a society that picks at differences.
So, many readers will be able to relate to these characters and this world, and will be able to identify with how reputations and public face personas are used to protect the real person behind them. Things that we so easily witness or experience ourselves in our social-media driven societies.
First, my visceral reaction to Promissory Note. I very much enjoyed it. I had the requisite spine-tingling moments, laughter, suspense, and tears. And after reading, I did a lot of thinking about the ideas the story evoked. In my mind the best stories make me mull, ponder, and ruminate over concepts, and if it’s highly entertaining, then it’s on my favorites list. This story hit all of those marks.
Now for the more technical stuff: this is the fourth book in Tracy Cooper-Posey’s Endurance series and it can be read without first having been introduced to the others as it takes place about 90 “years” after the events in Yesterday’s Legacy.
The plot of the story is not usual for what a reader sees in this genre, but it is well executed and enjoyable. However, I deducted one point simply because the pacing in the first half of the book was unexpected and a bit slow for me. If I could have taken a half point, I would have, but alas! Anyway, Cooper-Posey gives a new twist to an old archetype, and readers get to have a fresh look at Romance. It’s Science-Fiction light, but heavy on the world building. The setting takes place with people who are traveling on a ship through outer space hoping to reach a landing place they call Destination. Much like Earth is our home, their world is centered on their ship.
What happens in such a close environment during hundreds of years of travel? Well, this story helps to outline some of those issues. Another difference, for me anyway, is that the love scenes aren’t hot and heavy. The main characters, Micah Thorn and Laura Hyland, initially feel of distrust for one another though they are forced to work together when Micah trades for Laura’s promissory note to another person. Their story progresses more in line with reality. Not insta-love, but love that grows through mutual understanding and respect over a period of time. They are like real people; complex, damaged, wary, and compensating for their faults in a society that picks at differences.
So, many readers will be able to relate to these characters and this world, and will be able to identify with how reputations and public face personas are used to protect the real person behind them. Things that we so easily witness or experience ourselves in our social-media driven societies.
August 1, 2016
Another fascinating look into the Endurance experience!!
The Endurance is a self-contained ship on a voyage generations long. We meet Laura as she is completing maintenance and inspection in an area that has a radiation leak. As she head to her home she realizes the rooftop garden which she spent three years creating is completely ruined. Worse, there is a promissory note on the garden; she is likely to lose her house and everything if she cannot pay.
Kelly Peck holds her promissory note – and her produce supports his stand…..except when she goes to inform him she finds out he no longer holds her note. It is now held by Micah Thorn, an organic coder legendary for his inability to get along with people. He is studying the “time aspect” of promissory notes. An apartment now for produce two years from now. Supply and Demand – and he wants her research help in addition to her ability to get along with people.
What starts as a pure research project, ends up as much more as Laura tries to uncover the mystery of Micah, and we realize she has something she is hiding too. Laura’s affinity for people enables her to understand the “why” of their promissory notes and greatly adds to her ultimate project.
An incredible mental exercise turns into revelations with both personal and ship-wide ramifications. The clever writing of Tracy Cooper-Posey will keep you guessing and will steal your heart. A complex and powerful story.
*A complimentary copy was given in exchange for an honest review*
The Endurance is a self-contained ship on a voyage generations long. We meet Laura as she is completing maintenance and inspection in an area that has a radiation leak. As she head to her home she realizes the rooftop garden which she spent three years creating is completely ruined. Worse, there is a promissory note on the garden; she is likely to lose her house and everything if she cannot pay.
Kelly Peck holds her promissory note – and her produce supports his stand…..except when she goes to inform him she finds out he no longer holds her note. It is now held by Micah Thorn, an organic coder legendary for his inability to get along with people. He is studying the “time aspect” of promissory notes. An apartment now for produce two years from now. Supply and Demand – and he wants her research help in addition to her ability to get along with people.
What starts as a pure research project, ends up as much more as Laura tries to uncover the mystery of Micah, and we realize she has something she is hiding too. Laura’s affinity for people enables her to understand the “why” of their promissory notes and greatly adds to her ultimate project.
An incredible mental exercise turns into revelations with both personal and ship-wide ramifications. The clever writing of Tracy Cooper-Posey will keep you guessing and will steal your heart. A complex and powerful story.
*A complimentary copy was given in exchange for an honest review*
August 1, 2016
Oh, such a delightful story! Tracy is a great story teller and her books are a feast for readers who want to explore great and diverse stories and characters.
I simply felt I was on that starship with all of those people, a silent but direct witness to their lives, and feelings, and hopes. The background also felt so much like Enterprise, in "Star Trek", with all that technology and society. The way both the characters and their stories developed was very intriguing, and kept the reader interested and pleasantly surprised till the end (which came a bit too soon).
I really liked the way people felt close to each other, friends always together in good or difficult times, even a father figure, silent but loyal, and so protective towards the girl he considered his own.
Laura and Micah are such beautiful people, even if they think they're broken and safer if they are alone. The way they discovered each other and decided to take small steps to build their life together it's so profound and touching in its honesty. I really appreciate Laura's dedication to discover and help Micah, and also his care for her health and happiness, his discretion and the way they use their experience to build something helpful for them and their society. My only wish was to "hear" Micah's voice more often, to read his point of view about this story.
I simply felt I was on that starship with all of those people, a silent but direct witness to their lives, and feelings, and hopes. The background also felt so much like Enterprise, in "Star Trek", with all that technology and society. The way both the characters and their stories developed was very intriguing, and kept the reader interested and pleasantly surprised till the end (which came a bit too soon).
I really liked the way people felt close to each other, friends always together in good or difficult times, even a father figure, silent but loyal, and so protective towards the girl he considered his own.
Laura and Micah are such beautiful people, even if they think they're broken and safer if they are alone. The way they discovered each other and decided to take small steps to build their life together it's so profound and touching in its honesty. I really appreciate Laura's dedication to discover and help Micah, and also his care for her health and happiness, his discretion and the way they use their experience to build something helpful for them and their society. My only wish was to "hear" Micah's voice more often, to read his point of view about this story.
July 26, 2016
This 4th book, "Promissory Note," in the science fiction series, The Endurance, is amazing. Each book gets better and better. Although it is science fiction it could just as easily be a book on man's sociology and financial downfalls. I believe quite a bit of research, along with the authors terrific imagination and ability, went into the writing of this book and it has given us a great story. Two damaged people come together, but completely unaware of each others "secrets." Individually they both work towards the betterment of those living in a enclosed environment, but as one is forced to work with the other they discover a way to better the future of all and along the way finally allow themselves to love. I'm glad that in each new book in the series we are able to once again meet people from previous stories, even though decades may have passed. We have a civilization hurling through space to reach their new home a thousand years away from earth. What story will be next in this series, what new problems will arise, what new loves will be discovered, how much further into their future will the story be? I can't wait to find out and neither will you once you begin this fantastic journey with them.
August 19, 2016
This 4th delivery of the Endurance series is shorter and more romantic this time. The plot is not a end of their ship kind but solves a core problem for the Endurance. It is fast paced and creative.
I loved that both Micah and Laura were broken, hurt by their circumstances and yet they found each other and through a promisory note. Laura's house was bartered with Kelly who bartered her promisory note with Micah. Micah is an organic coder, the best but his personality is a scary one. Laura is a very popular girl who is a software engineer and also works on her garden. Micah proposes Laura to work off the promisory note by studying Kelly's promisory notes at his office quarters to understand how Kelly brilliantly works with supply and demand. Erron makes an appearance as Laura's most trusted friend even in his 100s. Micah and Laura together find the answer he was looking for and the love they thought was denied for both. It is a Wonderful addition to this series.
I loved that both Micah and Laura were broken, hurt by their circumstances and yet they found each other and through a promisory note. Laura's house was bartered with Kelly who bartered her promisory note with Micah. Micah is an organic coder, the best but his personality is a scary one. Laura is a very popular girl who is a software engineer and also works on her garden. Micah proposes Laura to work off the promisory note by studying Kelly's promisory notes at his office quarters to understand how Kelly brilliantly works with supply and demand. Erron makes an appearance as Laura's most trusted friend even in his 100s. Micah and Laura together find the answer he was looking for and the love they thought was denied for both. It is a Wonderful addition to this series.
June 30, 2017
Tracy Cooper-Posey, you've done it again! You snuck life lessons into a fabulous, entertaining, science fiction romance! I had no idea I was learning about society, economics, and trade as I was getting to know Laura and Micah and their gang of supporting characters. I was also absorbing the medical lesson you snuck in there to explain why Laura lives the way she does. Oh, and I can't forget the psychology behind Micah's past that shaped his views and drove his actions. So happy Laura and Micah found strength and acceptance in each other! With all these lessons, are you sure you're not Professor Cooper-Posey? Hmmmmm...I'll just have to keep reading The Endurance series so I can be entertained while so well educated! When's the next book coming, professor???
July 31, 2016
“Promissory Note” is the 4th book in the “Endurance Series” and the 1st that I have read (I will defo be ordering 1, 2 & 3 now!) ….it tells the heart-warming and gripping story of insulated, aloof Micah - Chief Coder and popular outgoing Software Engineer Laura two tortured souls who conceal their flaws from all their friends and the people living aboard the endurance ship whilst it travels through space. Micah and Laura’s path’s entwine when he purchases Laura’s Promissory Note and she is contracted to help him in his research work. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and reading about their emotional journey towards love and trust and would highly recommend this read – Well done Tracy another fantastic read!
August 11, 2016
I must admit this was my favorite book in the series, even though each one brings its own flavor, opposition, and colorful theme to the Endurance. But if you haven't read this series you really are missing an amazing adventure. Laura is such a sweet and loving character in comparison to Micah's arrogance that has built walls from those on the outside. As Micah now holds the note to her home she is now in his debt and must work for a man disliked and feared by most. As their working relationship evolves secrets must come into the light and the thing about secrets they can sometimes draw two opposites together! I highly recommend this series to all even if you've never read Sci-fi.
August 14, 2022
A lively romantic tale that intrigued me with its setting and story.
I thoroughly enjoyed being drawn-in by the close-up focus on just two characters and their interactions. These characters were delightful in their slowly revealed layers of complexity. The gradual building of their relationship was romantic and understandable too, given the slowly-revealed trials and tribulation that each of them face(d).
This is an imaginative world so different from ours in structure and yet familiar enough to be relatable.
I’m looking forward to reading the next book with eager anticipation = it’s Sci Fi, but not as I previously knew it.
I thoroughly enjoyed being drawn-in by the close-up focus on just two characters and their interactions. These characters were delightful in their slowly revealed layers of complexity. The gradual building of their relationship was romantic and understandable too, given the slowly-revealed trials and tribulation that each of them face(d).
This is an imaginative world so different from ours in structure and yet familiar enough to be relatable.
I’m looking forward to reading the next book with eager anticipation = it’s Sci Fi, but not as I previously knew it.
August 11, 2016
Promissory Note was a sweet love story alongside the continuing drama of The Endurance. Laura and Micah were two damaged people who slowly drifted towards one another. The story developed slowly I thought but it was enjoyable and I would recommend this book.
August 19, 2016
Great addition to this series. This is fast paced read with lots of emotion. Micah and Laura are great together, both keeping everyone at a distance until they break through each other’s defenses. I really liked it.
July 27, 2016
This is a great series by on of my fav authors...........and this book is the best of the series yet!
August 14, 2016
a great read. held me captive and finished it one day. engaging couple of misfits.
July 27, 2016
Fantastic read. SciFi and romance. Loved it.
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