Books published by publisher Ian Roberts

After Colin Gordon evicts Hangelore’s Pirates and saves the lamsons from slavery, the Peschal Alliance are desperate for new resources. Pirates raid the Federation’s fringes and explore further afield as Hazilsor searches for his new fiefdom. Word reaches Sankarah of the raids, and Admiral Dalkasan orders Cambridge to send help. Henry Fraser sends Colin with Cambridge’s latest ship and support to help the devastated victims.A Pirate scouting party finds Earth, a world ripe for the picking. Suhmarlin Hazilsor sets out to gain the new world. Hazilsor plans to use Earth to replace his lost base in Hangelore.Meanwhile, the Federation sends Colin on an aggressive search and destroy mission to end the Pirate threat. When he visits Hangelore, it shocks Colin to discover the lamsons erected statues of him in their parks and gardens. Colin makes new friends and solves a long-standing problem for his adopted home. Can he save Earth from Hazilsor?

Colin Gordon is a man on a mission. When Colin is on his way to fulfill a promise to join the Federation Navy his party is attacked by Mercenaries intent on killing him. After loyal troops rescue Colin, the Navy ships him off to Cambridge, the human colony world. He must work undercover to foil a plot to undermine the Federation Navy and then he’s given command of a small but powerful Cobra Class Patrol Boat. While on a patrol with another Cobra, Colin captures and convinces his first Pirate to join the Federation cause. At the same time Colin rescues slaves and stops multiple attacks on a Star System, further cementing his reputation within the Federation. Colin must battle impossible odds against Pirates who are intent on capturing Cambridge and ultimately, he must save the Federation itself.

Between 1878-86 Shaw (Lady Lugard), according to Wikipedia, wrote five novels, four for children and one for young adults. In her books, young girls are encouraged to be resourceful and brave, but in a traditional framework, acting in support of "gentlemanly" fathers and prospective husbands rather than on their own behalf. Shaw's ideology is both sexually conservative and Imperialist. This book was published first in Boston, the next year in London, green decorative covers with bumped end, paper label on spine, green circle with D on fep, Good copy showing some wear. Rare.