IS IT TOO LATE TO NEGOTIATE 
A SURRENDER

The Centran Empire was both benevolent and complacent. Benevolent, even as it overwhelmed every new inhabited planet it encountered with its military might—but once the planet was pacified, its inhabitants were uplifted to Centran standards of living and the benefits of membership in the Empire. Complacent, because the Empire had long been expanding without encountering more than minor obstacles. And then they came across Pandora's Planet, that is, Earth....

In spite of the Centran superiority in technology, the conquest of Earth took over three months, when the invaders were used to wrapping things up in less than two weeks. But "conquest" might be too optimistic a term to use, since the locals were still waging guerrilla warfare and sabotage, and the Centrans were hanging on by their equivalent of fingernails. And then the Centran scientists tested a group of humans and found that the humans were more intelligent than the Centrans.

One Centran leader had an idea that might save the Centrans from being ignominiously kicked off the planet again.  Since the humans were good at war, why not put together teams of humans to go out to the fringes of Centran space and handle planets that were proving difficult The teams performed magnificently—but back in the heart of the Empire, humans and their weird new ideas were spreading like wildfire, and if something weren't done soon, the humans would end up running the former Centran Empire....

Publisher's Note: Approximately half of this novel has been published as Pandora's Planet . This is the first appearance in book form of the complete novel.
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    Fantastic book.

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    Good sci-fi with a bit of humour. A fun read.

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    Funny, entertaining light read.

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    Really enjoyed this, an unusual scenario to assume the beings of the planet being invaded are smarter than the invaders - not the usual way around.
    A bit simplistic at times, and sometimes felt like it was hitting me over the head with a hammer, spelling things out a bit too much rather than letting me work it out for myself, but a jolly good read.
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    An enjoyable and entertaining read. The two major stories are interleaved very nicely making the whole greater than the original two parts.

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    Good concept covering the question "What if humans where smarter than the space invaders?". However, I do not feel it was well executed. It is filled with huge plot holes that are so glaring, they distract from the story. This story is more geared towards adolescent audience of yester-year. It could have been reduced to a short story without sacrificing much.

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