Pincers of Death: 6 (Space Captain Smith) - Softcover

"An ironic sense of British rectitude nicely contrasts with the satire of 1940s space opera." --Publishers Weekly on Space Captain Smith

"Gives the sacred cows of sci-fi a good kicking before racing home in time for tea." --Dirk Maggs, director, BBC Radio 4's The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"Toby Frost: I say, right riveting read, what!" --Ben Aaronovitch, author, the Rivers of London series

"If you are in the mood for a light and funny space opera adventure, then you can't do any better than . . . Space Captain Smith. Very enjoyable and strongly recommended." --Fantasy Book Critic

The empire of the ant-people is beginning to crumble. As the British Space Navy prepares to invade the Ghast home world, the Secret Service comes up with a daring plan—the assassination of Number One, the small and furious dictator of the Ghasts. Only one man has the qualities needed to take on a job this dangerous—Captain Isambard Smith. But Smith has problems of his own. Captured by the ruthless—and gormless—Criminarch of Radishia, Smith and his crew must survive the deadly sport of Hyperbowl, where it’s not whether you win or lose that counts, but how you slay the game. Now Smith faces his toughest challenge yet. In order to civilize the galaxy, he will have to win a ball game, topple a dictator, and organize a party for a four-year-old. All in a day’s work for a hero of the British Space Empire—although it’s going to be a very busy day indeed.