Pirates of the Gorm

An investigator goes undercover on an interplanetary passenger liner to solve the baffling disappearance of several space-fliers near Jupiter. He survives a sabotage attempt, encounters suspicion between species—especially a reformed Ganymedan inspector and wary Callistans—and contends with political tensions rooted in past pirate raids. Official searches find no distress signals and no wreckage, so the inquiry relies on stealth and deduction among mixed-species passengers and officials. The story blends covert detective work and space-opera peril as the investigator follows fragmented clues that point toward a singular, extraordinary fiery phenomenon as the likely cause.