Envoy to New Worlds - Retief, Bk 1 Author:Keith Laumer The five-eyed sticky-fingers are on the march! — Why is Retief the only member of the CDT willing to react to a crisis? His superiors diligently practice the art of Looking The Other Way No Matter What So That We Can All Remain Just Dear, Dear Friends. His immediate boss, Ben Magnan, is widely admired for his ability to obfuscate, sid... more »estep, delegate and deny the details of any troublesome matter.
Retief himself has shown a most lamentable tendency to act as well as pose, and so is looked upon with dismay by his fellows in the striped-jumpsuit set. However, the alien threat will not abate merely to ease the lives of a few Terran diplomats. On the contrary, the five-eyed sticky-fingers are on the march, and only Retief can save us now...« less