Title: Jabin and the Space Pirates Author: Bev Allen Pages: 294 Published: June 1st- 2012 Summary: In the space colony of New Wales, the pirate attacks are both relentless and merciless. Having lost both his parents, Jabin had been adopted by his austere and spiteful uncle and aunt who lice in the space colony of New Wales which is riven with religious and political rivalry, and prey to the vicious maraudings of pirates whose cruelty and greed are beyond all imagination. When Jabin volunteers to surrender himself to a pirate raiding party to save a friend, he does so believing that nothing can be worse than his current suffering. However, he is soon to discover that things can always get worse when the stakes are high, the rewards are vast and slave labour is there for the taking. When the King of New Wales is assassinated, the colony threatens to collapse into total anarchy, leaving the pirates free reign to mutilate, kill and profit as they will, but the forces of