The Phantom Cadet (The Cadet Magnum Series Book 1)

When space pirates murder his parents, Angus becomes driven by revenge, but how can a 14-year-old boy hope to succeed against a band of bloodthirsty pirates? They would have killed him also had not the family robot saved him by phase-shifting his father's spaceship to an unspecified location in space, thinking that it was better to be lost than dead. Terrified by the thought of never finding his way home, Angus wanders from planet to planet, not realizing that being lost in space was the best thing that could have happened to him. Finding and helping advanced civilizations, he acquires unbelievable powers that enable him to become a phantom, calling himself Cadet Magnum, as he engages his vendetta against the pirates.