SMUGGLERS AND THIEVES

Captain Stacy Trace, pilot Gordon Dorman, and the rest of the crew of the Galactic Park Patrol ship Spruce are back on patrol. A series of thefts in and outside of the park sends them on the trail of a pack of pirates, led by a scoundrel calling himself Captain Camelot. No, that's not his real name.

From Cabba, to Manis Twelve, to Proximo Blue, Stacy and Gordon investigate and stir up trouble, receiving threats and warnings as they proceed. Then, after they lose their second patrol boat, Stacy turns to her nemesis for help.

Working with Chad Rinkle, captain of the patrol ship Juniper, Stacy and Gordon track down the pirates and discover a drug smuggling operation that reaches across the galaxy.