Publisher's Synopsis
Keith Laumer emerged as one of the modern masters of science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s, creating such memoriable characters as Retief of the CDT and the Bolos. This massive 600-page collection assembles 21 of his great tales (including a complete novel), with stories in both of those series. Here are:
THE FROZEN PLANET [Retief]
GAMBLER'S WORLD [Retief]
THE YILLIAN WAY [Retief]
THE MADMAN FROM EARTH [Retief]
RETIEF OF THE RED-TAPE MOUNTAIN [Retief]
AIDE MEMOIRE [Retief]
CULTURAL EXCHANGE [Retief]
THE DESERT AND THE STARS [Retief]
SALINE SOLUTION [Retief]
MIGHTIEST QORN [Retief]
THE GOVERNOR OF GLAVE [Retief]
THE KING OF THE CITY
THE LONG REMEMBERED THUNDER
THE NIGHT OF THE TROLLS [Bolo]
THE STAR-SENT KNAVES
GREYLORN
IT COULD BE ANYTHING
A BAD DAY FOR VERMIN
END AS A HERO
DOORSTEP
A TRACE OF MEMORY [novel]