If you loved following Marca Nbaro aboard the Athens as routine convoy duty spiraled into sabotage, covert threats, and white‑knuckle decisions, you’ll click with Kylara Vatta’s first command in Trading in Danger. Like Nbaro, Ky is thrown from training into real cargo deals, sudden shooting wars, and split‑second calls that keep a crew alive when everything goes wrong. The same blend of shipboard procedure, tense maneuvers, and unraveling a dangerous plot drives this fast, mission‑focused ride.

If Marca’s climb from raw midshipper to valued hand on the Athens hooked you, Quarter Share gives that same “learn-the-ship” satisfaction. You’ll shadow Ishmael Wang through mess duty, cargo ops, and watch rotations as he earns trust and opportunity the hard way. It’s the pleasure of competence—much like Nbaro mastering stations, procedures, and crew dynamics—wrapped in the rhythms of a working merchant ship.

If you were drawn to the Athens’s guild rules, contracts, and the practical mechanics of keeping a merchant cruiser flying while mysteries about ancient tech mount, A Deepness in the Sky dives deep into the Qeng Ho trading culture. You’ll get intricate logistics, negotiation gambits, and the long game of commerce‑as‑exploration—paired with the slow reveal of monumental artifacts and the costs of first contact, echoing the bigger secrets Marca brushes up against.

If the guild maneuvering, boardroom stakes, and shadowy attacks on shipping that Marca faces were your jam, The Collapsing Empire turns that dial up. As the flow of interstellar travel falters, noble houses and merchant cartels scheme, sabotage, and scramble—much like the pressure on the Athens when unseen enemies start targeting convoys. You’ll get the same mix of sharp politicking, strategic problem‑solving, and looming crisis across the lanes.

If you rooted for Marca Nbaro as she earned respect on the Athens despite class bias and well‑placed enemies, you’ll enjoy watching Honor Harrington do the same on On Basilisk Station. Stranded on an unglamorous posting, she confronts bureaucratic neglect, smugglers, and brewing conflict—solving problems with training, grit, and loyalty, just as Marca does while tracking a saboteur and keeping her crew together.