About the book: 2003 / Laumer is a master of a strong, solid plot. A master of adventure fiction - and sometimes, as, for example, in the case of a mischievous cycle about the adventures of the galactic diplomat Retief, and frankly ironic. So, before you - “Retief's War”. What is the everyday reality of a young, but already promising galactic diplomat? What is it like? - at the same time resolve the problems of relationships between a variety of cosmic races - and pretend that you are literally following the “spirit and letter” of the guidelines of the long-obsolete Earth Diplomatic Corps?! Yes, here you have to be a genius of a truly COSMIC SCALE!