Envoy to New Worlds

Envoy to New Worlds (1963) is the first SF work in the Retief series. It contains six stories about Jame Retief and the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne.В - "Protocol" concerns the atrocious behavior of Retief during a diplomatic visit to Yill. A slightly revised version was reprinted as a chapbook: Retief: The Yillian Way.В - "Sealed Orders" takes Retief to Adobe with instructions on handling the hostilities between the Terran settlers and the Jaq.В - "Cultural Exchange" involves Retief in a manpower shortage on Lovenbroy during the grape harvest.В - "Aide Memoire" confronts Retief with a hostile youth group on Fust.В - "Policy" exposes the difficulties Retief has on Groac while looking into the disappearance of a Terran warship.В - "Palace Revolution" discloses the troubles Retief has with a coup on Petreac