But work made for hire isn't "always" so awful, actually, or it didn't used to be, anyway. And in the case of the book you hold in your hands -- first in the "Tom Corbett" series by "Carey Rockwell" (whoever he was in real life) -- this book is really pretty damned neat. It's the tale of three young men who join the Solar Guard to serve as Space Cadets (yes, really! That's what the book calls them). It tells of the challenges that face them, and the way they triumph over adversity. Neat stuff! Read it now!