1st book of the Federation series
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450 years in the future, a shrewd general must quell an alien rebellion on a remote colonized planet.
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General Carlos von Schlichten is overseeing operations of the Chartered Uller Company on the colony world of Uller when a violent riot breaks out between native Ullerans and colonist Terrans. As the conflict expands to a full rebellion he must restore order to the planet while managing the complex political dynamics of the different alien factions.
Introduction - I: The Silicone World
Introduction - II: The Fluorine Planet
Prologue - On Satan's Footstool
I: Commander-in-Chief Front and Center
II: Rakkeed, Stalin, and the Rev. Keeluk
III: Four-and-Twenty Geek Heads
IV: If You Read It in Stanley-Browne
V: You Can Depend on It It's Wrong
VI: The Bad News Came After the Coffee
VII: Bismillah! How Dumb Can We Get?
VIII: Authority of Governor-General von Schlichten
IX: Don't Push Them Anywhere Put Them Back in the Bottle
X: The Geek Luftwaffe and the Kragan Airlift
XI: Of Princedoms Which Have Been Won by Conquest
XII: The Shadow of Niflheim
XIII: A Bag of Tricks We Don't Have
XIV: The Reviewers Panned Hell Out of It
XV: A Place in My Heart for Hildegarde