Shaman's Tales From The Golden Age Of The Solar Clipper Books in Order

Shaman's Tales takes the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper universe down from the trade lanes and plants it firmly on the beaches of St. Cloud's South Coast. Instead of cargo manifests and station bars, these stories live in fishing villages, company offices, and the liminal spaces where old beliefs collide with corporate policy.

The series begins with South Coast, where Otto Krugg is the only son of village shaman Richard Krugg and heir to a gift he does not want. Otto would rather crew a fishing boat than carry whelkies and intercede with spirits, but new quotas and policies from the Company threaten both his way of life and the survival of the community. As pressure mounts, he discovers that refusing the shaman's path is not really an option when the village needs him.

Running alongside Otto's arc is the story of Jimmy Pirano, a company man trying to keep Pirano Fisheries afloat when the rules change under his feet. Locked into practices that have worked for a century, he has to hunt for new grounds, new methods, and new compromises or risk losing the St. Cloud franchise entirely. His struggle illustrates how business decisions far from the trade lanes can hit working families on company worlds.

In Cape Grace and Finwell Bay, the focus widens across years. Otto's daughter steps into the role that tradition says belongs only to sons, forcing her family and the company to confront a long-standing rule that no longer fits the people it governs. Jimmy is tasked with enforcing that rule even as he digs into its origins, and later his sister Angela has to sort out the fallout of decisions made in boardrooms and back rooms far from the beach.

Throughout Shaman's Tales, Lowell blends practical concerns like fishing yields, contracts, and weather with a quiet thread of mysticism. The shamanic gift is real, but it is also deeply tied to responsibility, grief, and the cost of standing between a community and the forces that would grind it down.

Readers who enjoy the Solar Clipper books for their focus on everyday work and community will find the same sensibility here, filtered through tides, spirits, and the politics of a company-owned world.