Retief Unbound (Jaime Retief Series #10)

The publication of certain accounts of Jame Retief under the title RETIEF AT LARGE has generated such response that we of Ace Books have felt compelled, as a public service, to publish a second volume of the affairs - some would call them adventures - of that redoubtable member of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne. Surely in an age such as ours when Terra's Sphere of Influence is once again surrounded by Alien Peril in all its sundry guises, it is desirable - nay, vital! - that our people be aware that, contrary to the official records of the Corps, it was not by the questionable efforts of such worthies as Ambassadors Nitworth and Spradley that Mankind held its own in the terrible arena between the stars, but by the courage, skill and daring of such men as Jame Retief! This collection has six Retief stories to tickle your funny-bone. Retief is in prime form, taking on dangerous aliens and his own bosses in the Corps Diplomatique. Contents: Protocol [Retief] (1962) / short story by Keith Laumer (variant of The Yillian Way) Sealed Orders [Retief] (1962) / short story by Keith Laumer (variant of Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain) Aide Memoire [Retief] (1962) / short story by Keith Laumer Policy [Retief] (1962) / novelette by Keith Laumer (variant of The Madman from Earth) Palace Revolution [Retief] (1961) / novelette by Keith Laumer (variant of Gambler's World) Retief's Ransom [Retief 6] (1971) / novel by Keith Laumer . Retief Unbound, which was sold as ''Retief 10,'' includes five of six stories from Retief 01 - Envoy to New Worlds : “Protocol”, “Sealed Orders”, “Aide Memoire”, “Policy”, and “Palace Revolution”; it did not include “Cultural Exchange”. It also included the entire short novel Retief 07 - Retief's Ransom . “Cultural Exchange” has been restored to this edition so that it is actually a complete copy of Envoy to New Worlds, Retief Unbound, and Retief’s Ransom in one ebook. PROTOCOL SEALED ORDERS CULTURAL EXCHANGE AIDE MEMOIRE POLICY PALACE REVOLUTION Retief's Ransom