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This new omnibus from L. E. Modesitt, Jr., includes the third and fourth
of his four- volume Ecolitan series, The Ecologic Envoy and The Ecolitan
Enigma, both starring Nathaniel Whaler. Four hundred years after winning
secession from the Terran Empire (as chronicled in the earlier omnibus,
Empire & Ecolitan), the star system Accord wants to sign a simple trade
treaty with the Empire on microchip export tariffs. But if the agreement
is so minor, why is Professor Nathaniel Whaler, chief economist at the
Ecolitan Institute and his world's top commando killer, chosen as
Accord's Envoy? Because the Imperial capital is a maddening bureaucracy
of sniveling diplomats, high-profile figureheads, powers behind the
throne, and spies---everywhere, spies. So the Envoy has to face red
tape, politics, prejudice, as well as and a gauntlet of kidnappers,
assassins, snipers, and bombs. And some ministry---but which?---doesn't
want the treaty. In fact, some in the Empire still blame Accord for
Earth's poisoning and for the defection of fifty star systems after the
war between Imperial nuclear might and Ecolitan bio-ecological weaponry.
A hidden cabal wants to fight that war again---even if, this time, the
entire galaxy dies. And only Nathaniel Whaler, the Ecologic Envoy, has
the power to stop the catastrophe. This omnibus concludes one of L. E.
Modesitt's most powerful science fiction series. -- Amazon.com
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