Just Desserts — Simon Haynes

Planet Cathua has a proud history where robots are concerned. Their legendary factories produced the best, the fastest, the most efficient robots in the Galaxy ... but no longer.

Now they must go cap in hand to neighbouring planets, haggling and bartering for the very robots they used to be so famous for.

One Cathuan patriot is determined to reverse this embarrassing situation. Hal Spacejock, with exquisite timing, lands slap bang in the middle of their sinister plot ...

Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts is book three in the Hal Spacejock series. (80,000 words, approx  350 pages)