Interstellar Patrol

Federation of Humanity, Book 1

By: Christopher Anvil, Eric Flint - editor

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

A few good con men....

The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of ivory-tower social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the "Royal Legions" from a distant star kingdom in hot pursuit of an unspeakably evil and nearly all-powerful villain who was hiding somewhere on the planet.

Things went even better than they had hoped, and the planet was rapidly becoming civilized...and then the real Royal Flagship showed up. They thought they were doomed, but instead the new arrivals (who also weren't quite what they claimed to be) thought the crew had shown just the sort of initiative and ingenuity that the Interstellar Patrol was looking for. So they were inducted into the Patrol.

And that was just the beginning....

©2003 Christopher Anvil (P)2020 Tantor

Excellent

I don’t usually enjoy anthologies, but this one the stories were connected closely with great plots that in one way or another blended yet still stood on their own. The primary author weaved interesting characters in intriguing stories. Additional stories were supportive and still were distinctive. Narration was great! I thoroughly enjoyed each story. Thank you.

Did not make sense to me- Confusing & Not well constructed

These guys are on a super

space yacht, They break down and go to a world that cannot fix the ship, during a rebellion by colonists. This world also has huge wild beasts attacking the lander. The story is incoherent, like a 1950s comic book. No character