Ganked in Space

"When lifelong friends Reggie, Joel and Cody fail to win the Virtual Reality Elite championship, they're forced to find real work. The guys sign a pest control contract, ridding space stations of infestations. And now, The ShimVens have been spreading rapidly across the galaxy and the bugs will eat through wiring, destroying space stations and ships. So, Reggie takes the job because the pay was good and the work sounded easy. Cody and Joel are skeptical, but Reggie convinces them it's easy work. Not exactly. They soon learn these pests are deadly, and they're going to need better weapons." ― paraphrased from this book's product page on the Amazon.com website as of 2018-12-13.