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Napping In His Backyard He Awoke On A Starship

When Tom decides to take some time off from his PhD program to gain clarity about his future goals, the last thing he expects is that he will be accidentally abducted by the bungling crew of an interstellar raiding ship. Hoping to pick up artifacts and exotic animals for resale, the ship finds itself instead with Tom as their very disoriented cargo. In a radically different culture populated with aliens and robots, Tom struggles to adjust. But Tom finds that even aliens have tech problems, and when he assists the ship’s general manager and artificial intelligence to solve a few thorny problems, he’s invited to stay with the general manager’s family when the spaceship lands. With an opportunity ahead of him to revive a failing robot repair business, Tom settles into his new life . . . but the owners of the raiding ship, renowned for extortion and violence, have other ideas. Inventive, funny, and engaging, this is the book you’ve been waiting for!