This audiobook is another prequel in the Stainless Steel Rat series. The story takes place prior to the original "Stainless Steel Rat" book. [return][return]I liked it less than the other books in the series. Primarily that is due to storyline consistencies. Our protagonist, the stainless steel rat Jim DeGrease is caught trying to rob the intergalactic mint. In order to avoid the immediate death sentence required from Mint World the league intervenes so that the planetary authorities think they have killed Jim and in place of his death he is given a 30 day position where he has to complete a mission for the league. [return][return]This is inconsistent with the first book which acts as though Jim is barely even familiar with the existence of the league, let alone had worked for them previously. [return][return]Other than that it is standard intergalactic fun, he recruits a number of military musicians to pose as the galaxy's newest pop hit group so that they quickly become internationally famous so that when they eventually are brought up on intergalactic drug smuggling charges they can be well loved when they arrive the prison planet, and then the search for the all important alien artifact really begin. Complete with cult leaders, gender separated societies, super intelligent robot dogs, and a brief love affiar with his guitarist.