The Five Gold Bands Author:Jack Vance Originally published in 1953 titled 'The Space Pirate' ---a space opera - An Irish spaceman Paddy Blackthorn is caught attempting to steal the secret to Intersteller Drive technology and is sentenced to death by the ruling council of mutant human species whose creator granted them it's secrets. With the help of a beautiful Terran agent, Fay Burs... more »ill, Paddy searches the home planets of the "Sons Of Langtry" for the secrets to the drive hidden in the 5 gold rings that the mutants possessed.« less