Space Cadet Academy (Cadet Magnum Book 2)

After defeating the pirate captain in a dogfight in space, Angus thought he was rid of his old nemesis who had murdered his parents and who had been trying to murder him, also. With that understanding, he returns home and enrolls as a cadet in the Space Cadet Academy, a four-year prep school, hoping to qualify for further training, leading to a career as a trooper in the Galactic Space Patrol. He soon learns, however, that the pirates have reorganized under a new captain and are still out to kill him, forcing him to realize that his nemesis is not dead, but alive and well. The old pirate captain was the one who shot his parents, but was not the one who ordered their deaths. His nemesis was someone else. To make matters worse, evidence indicates that his nemesis is someone he knows, someone living at the Academy and knows his every move. The frightening part is the fact that he has no clue who he, or she, is. Soon after he arrives at the Academy, his nemesis begins programming academy robots to kill him, forcing him to be ever alert. Only with the aid of the amulet that freezes time can Angus hope to survive. Not only do the pirates continue to threaten him, but when the Beeman Empire declares war on the United Galactic Planets, they see Cadet Magnum as a threat to their winning the war, and issue a death warrant against him. All is not bad, however; he learns that Helen, the girl he saved from the pirates, is also a cadet at the Academy.