Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids

Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (Lucky Starr #2)

Twenty-five years before, Lucky Starr's parents had been destroyed during a pirate raid on the Terrestrial Empire. Now Lucky was a man, and an officer of the Council of Science. His ship was heavily armed, the pirates were at hand, the the time for sweet blaster vengeance was near!