Jump Drives and Coffee Stains

Spaceship Mechanic, Book 2

By: Jamie McFarlane

Narrated by: Mikael Naramore

In space, the real adventure starts after the warranty expires.

Rix Banner just wants three things out of life: a working coffeemaker, a ship that doesn’t try to kill him, and maybe—just maybe—a full night of sleep without someone pounding on his hatch asking for “one tiny repair.” Naturally, he gets none of them.

Between duct-taping patched coolant lines, arguing with an ancient navigation computer, and wrangling Patience Station’s maintenance headaches, Rix can barely keep ahead of the chaos. His shop is overflowing with broken photonic barrier generators, impounded cruisers, and a growing list of “favors” he apparently owes half the station.

And that’s before the jobs go sideways.

A routine cargo run turns into a mechanical nightmare involving exploding coffee, structural rot, and a ship held together by sheer stubbornness. Amari’s past keeps knocking on the door—sometimes with warrants—and Kel keeps disappearing on risky deliveries that somehow never go to plan. As trouble mounts, Rix finds himself neck-deep in station politics, pirate fallout, suspicious law enforcement, and a whole lot of equipment that definitely did not come with instructions.

Fast, funny, and fueled by equal parts chaos and caffeine, Jump Drives and Coffee Stains cranks the wrench harder, flies faster, and doubles down on the blue-collar, grease-stained heroics that made Boltguns and Duct Tape an instant favorite.

Strap in for a laugh-out-loud sci-fi ride—get your copy now!

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great story, every mechanics dream

love the story wondering if or when it will get tied into the junkyard pirate series as it starts to hint about....

Even More Fun then the First

I can barely wait for the next Audible book in this Series. This is a fun and exciting romp across space. Love the characters and things they get themselves into. We get to find out a lot more about some of them too. Narration is nicely done and the Narrator does a Great job with the various characters voices and the entire storyline.

Mechanic in Space!

Throughly enjoyed this continuation of Rick Banners journey. Can’t wait for the next book! It’s reminiscent of the Trader Tales series from Nathan Lowell as it’s about people trying to make a life working among the stars.

Like a familiar friend and then it hits why.....

I am not going to give anything away but this is a great series so far. I am anxiously awaiting the next book already. If youre a fan of Jamie's books and specifically one series in particular you will appreciate this.
The charaters are great and the storyline is solid and a great addition to this universe. I usually enjoy hardcore Military Scifi books but Jamie has a way of sucking me in with his likable characters.

I highly recommend this series and this book.

The best series ever

I love this series, I can’t stop listening once I start, I loose a lot of sleep