T'nT: Telzey & Trigger

In this 2nd collection of short stories set in the Galactic Hub, Schmitz weaves together a series of YA-style science-fiction stories with a bit of a hard-boiled detective sentimentality to the dialog. These are fun, pulpy stories in the vein of Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers with lots of evil geniuses that need thwarting and puzzles to be solved. The twist being that the protagonists here are a pair of strong young females in Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. More interestingly, while there are many 'good guy' male personas, they are all secondary characters and are rarely, if ever, called upon to rescue the capable main characters - although they do rescue each other now & again.