The second book in the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series follows Tom and his fellow Space Cadets into outer space!

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The reimagining of the classic Tom Corbett series continues. After the last exciting chapter, Tom and his friends are about to meet some creepy space pirates and they have no idea what they're in for. Oh yeah, and their captain is dead. Oh, and Tom is in charge. Things go from bad to worse!

CHAPTER 1 "Stand by to reduce thrust on main drive rockets!" The tall, broad-shouldered officer in the uniform of the Solar Guard snapped out the order as he watched the telescanner screen and saw the Western Hemisphere of Earth looming larger and larger. "Aye, aye, Captain Strong," replied a handsome curly-haired Space Cadet. He turned to the ship's intercom and spoke quickly into the microphone. "Control deck to power deck. Check in!" "Power deck, aye," a bull-throated voice bellowed over the loud-speaker. "Stand by rockets, Astro! We're coming in for a landing." "Standing by!" The Solar Guard officer turned away from the telescanner and glanced quickly over the illuminated banks of indicators on the control panel. "Is our orbit to Space Academy clear?" he asked the cadet. "Have we been assigned a landing ramp?" "I'll check topside, sir," answered the cadet, turning back to the intercom."Control deck to radar deck. Check in!" "Radar bridge, aye," drawled a lazy voice over the speaker. "Are we cleared for landing, Roger?" "Everything clear as glass ahead, Tom," was the calm reply. "We're steady on orbit and we touch down on ramp seven. Then"—the voice began to quicken with excitement—"three weeks' liberty coming up!" The rumbling voice of the power-deck cadet suddenly broke in over the intercom. "Lay off that space gas, Manning. Just see that this space wagon gets on the ground in one piece. Then you can dream about your leave!" "Plug your jets, you big Venusian ape man," was the reply, "or I'll turn you inside out!" "Yeah? You and what fleet of spaceships?"

The classic space hero from the 1950's books and television show are back, with a new look but the same sense of high-spirited adventure. If you can dream it, you can do it. That's Tom's motto, sometimes, when he's not being lazy that is. Tom Corbett is a real space cadet, out to lunch and completely unswayed by the needs of his crew. Well, it's not really his crew, but he'll do whatever it takes to change that.

TO EVEN MORE WORSE! In the belly of the beast, Tom and his crew are about to learn just what kind of space pirate they're dealing with, as Tom makes things even worse than they were before. If you're ever in space and you meet a group of space pirates, don't flirt with, or try to sleep with, any space pirate's daughter. Got it?

The book you have here - second in the Tom Corbett series by "Carey Rockwell" - is something special. Oh, it was a work made for hire, and after it had its day, even the author (whoever he was in real life) forgot he'd done it. But believe it or not, this book is really pretty neat. It's the tale of three young space cadets of the Solar Guard: it starts with space maneuvers and a mock attack, and run through complications on places like Venus and Tara. Cool stuff! Read it now!