Hardly skipping a beat after the end of The Iron Gauntlet, Paul Regnier continues the adventures of Glint Starcrost in Space Drifters: The Ghost Ship. I think this third book of the trilogy is even more packed with back-to-back death-defying escapes and adventures than the other two. Out of series of frying pans, into a series of fires. All the enemies Starcrost has made in the first two books keep coming after him, in addition to a new enemy, the nanobot cat captain of the ghost ship itself.
Rule number one of being captured by a ghost ship: don't steal one of the ghost ship's most valuable treasures as you make your escape. Also rule number one of being a rogue space captain: if you find yourself on a ghost ship that possesses a valuable treasure that can save the world of your crew mate/ potential girlfriend (and princess of said world), then by all means, steal the valuable treasure as you make your escape. Also rule number one, you better be ready, because the nanocat captain is going to come after you with all it's got.
This is not cerebral science fiction. This is not Ph.D. in astrophysics science fiction. This is cartoonish, seat-of-your-pants escapist, edge-of-your-seat adventure science fiction. This has been a fast, fun trilogy to read. One can only hope that the adventures of Glint Starcross will continue.
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