Diplomat at Arms - Retief, Bk 11 Author:Keith Laumer Upholding interplanetary law is risky business...even for diplomat extraordinaire Jame Retief, who's off on more hair-raising galactic adventures... — Witness the invincible Retief outwitting the Qornt, a warring tribe which is threatening invasion; the Soetti, infiltrators of Terrestrial space; the greedy and exalted Aga Kagans, squatters on... more » tamed and conquered land; and the evil Groaci, whose plans for domination threaten intergalactic peace...
But whether it's a little armed diplomacy, or all-out war, the trouble-making troubleshooter and occasionally undiplomatic diplomat is always prepared to save the planet -- and foil anyone who stands in his way!
A book in the Retief series, this one has seven Retief stories. Whether he is persuading recalcitrant aliens to mind their own business or coping with the idiots who run the diplomatic corps, Retief always comes up with an answer and it all works out in the end, usually with the enemy looking like dopes and Retief's bosses exposed as complete morons. Retief stories are always entertaining and just plain fun!« less