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THE

RETURN

OF

RETIEF

 

 

 

 

A BAEN BOOK

 

 

 

 

THE RETURN OF RETIEF

 

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

 

Copyright © 1984 by Keith Laumer

 

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

 

A Baen Books Original

 

Baen Enterprises

260 Fifth Avenue

New York, N.Y. 10001

 

First printing, September 1984

Second printing, December 1985

 

ISBN: 0-671-55902-8

 

Cover art by Wayne Barlowe

 

Printed in the United States of America

 

Distributed by

SIMON & SCHUSTER

MASS MERCHANDISE SALES COMPANY

1230 Avenue of the Americas

New York, N.Y. 10020

 

 

 

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Back cover

 

 

 

PLANET AFTER PLANET
FELL TO THE REE

 

 

A vast and powerful race, the Ree needed breeding room for an ever-increasing population—and their expansion plans took no account of human territory.

 

The farmers and miners of Tip Space were helpless against the Ree invasion. Still the Terran diplomats dithered, holding back the Navy, hoping for a truce.

 

Retief, already on probation for undiplomatic behavior, earned himself the assignment of parleying with the Ree when he urged force against them.

 

A suicide mission? Perhaps ... but Retief is Retief