Voyage to a Forgotten Sun by Donald J Pfeil

Paperback. Condition Good. 1975. Ballantine. Stock Image. 1st Printing.

The core story centers on Trader Zim, a wily space smuggler who gets caught running an illegal underground operation on the planet Standra. Sentenced to a brutal 20-year term of isolation on a god-forsaken planet, Zim is offered a single chance at a pardon: he must act as the starship captain and escort the President of Earth back to Earth.