Retief's Peace

peace, It's Wonderful! Except When The Peace Movement Is Actually A Subterfuge By The Warlike And Imperialistic Krll To Get The Terrans To Get Off Of A Planet, Leaving It Defenseless And Ripe For Conquest. The Terran Diplomats Have Their Usual Primary Concerns: Covering Their, Ah, Flank And Not Doing Anything That Might Threaten Their Careers, Which Means That They're Not About To Do Anything, Period. Once Again, It's Up To Retief To Thwart The Would-be Conquerors, Even If The Unthinkable Happens, And He's Drummed Out Of The corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne ! And Retief Has Never Been More Dangerous To The Villains Than When He's Operating outside The Rules Of Diplomacy! "Peace, it's wonderful! Except when the Peace Movement is actually a subterfuge by the warlike and imperialistic Krll to get the Terrans to pull out of a planet, leaving it defenseless and ripe for conquest. The Terran diplomats have their usual primary concerns: covering their, ah, flank and not doing anything that might threaten their careers, and they're not about to do anything . Once again, it's up to Retief to thwart the would-be conquerors, even if he has to do it by convincing everyone that he has finally bought the farm. Retief has never more dangerous to the villains than when he's dead . . ."--Publisher description The Peace Movement is actually a subterfuge by the warlike and imperialistic Kril to force the Terrans to abandon the planet. Now, it's up to Retief to thwart the would-be conquerors, even if the unthinkable happens. And Retief has never been more dangerous to the villains than when he's operating outside the rules of diplomacy.