Leo Roa: The True Tales of Leo Roa — Juan Gimenez

Leo Roa is an aspiring young journalist who ends up an unwitting chess piece in a strange mystery involving a murder, missing data, and the identity of the space-pirate Captain Drake. When Leo's friend is murdered in a plot to destroy data concerning Captain Drake, he must run for his life as he realizes the missing data is still in his possession. Along the way he faces angry alien pets, starship chases, a love hungry villain, and an army of pirates as he stumbles across the answers to the mystery.