The space pirates disco dance one time in this book. The captain and two of his women disco dance inside the privacy of the captain’s quarters. Contrary to the title, Disco Dancing Space Pirates is a fairly dark book, but there are a few humorous scenes thrown into the mix to lighten things up.
Just like buccaneers of the 17th century, the space pirates besiege, struggle-snuggle and pillage anyone who crosses their path. (I try to limit the vulgar language to words which could be spoken on basic cable TV, and graphic scenes are treated with tact rather than fleshed out in all their gory detail.)
In this vision of the future, robots are too valuable to be treated like expendable commodities. With advanced robots being worth more than their weight in gold, humans become the galaxy’s chosen beasts of burden. Humans are powered by food, which is cheaper than generators, plus humans can self-replicate through natural reproduction. People without adequate means of defense are easy prey to pirates, who treat the weak no better than animals.
Conflict arises when the captain of the Golden Buzzard pirate ship faces mutiny from a shanghaied young man, who has labored aboard the Golden Buzzard for over a decade. The mutineer is stirred to action when his romantic interest is sold off to a pleasure palace dealer, who uses his reptilian skills to exact the best price during negotiations.
Nothing is a better motivator than freeing a loved one from a life not worth living. The mutineer vows to tear the galaxy apart with his bare hands until the love of his life is returned safely to him and those responsible for her torment lie dead at his feet. Battles between spaceships ensue; the protagonist faces death and dismemberment on a regular basis, and sexy, alien women prove their metal in a fight, while maintaining their femininity.
If you’re a guy who likes old-fashioned, hardcore action mixed with irresistible women throwing themselves at the antihero then you will be entertained by this novel.