A Fighting Fantasy Journey
Book twelve: Space Assassin
Written by Andrew Chapman who did a couple of Science fiction titles in the series. This was one of the good sci-fi stories in my opinion. With a great christos Achilleos cover. This book wasn't reprinted for the later editions. 
We board the starship Vanderveckin in search of mad scientist cyrus who is going to unleash his experiments on your planet 
The ship is filled with odd experiments like these killer squirrels and you even get attacked by the cleaners. Anyone who likes escape the dark sector will like the plot if this one 
You get a nice selection of futuristic weapons to help you on the mission but some encounters can be passed by just having a chat. The strangest being the ships pilot who wants a deep conversation about on the idea we might be figments of our imagination which in a weird way they are. 
I like the final encounter with cyrus who tries to weasel his way out of being fought. He threatens you with a bomb detonator that turns out to be nothing. 
One of the biggest draws for me was the art of Geoffrey Senior who I knew from UK marvel titles such as transformers. 
I’m loving all this nostalgia! ??