FOR THE GOOD OF THE PLANET? OR THE DESTRUCTION OF AN ALLIANCE? Several years after resolving a crisis of treachery on Doona, the Humans and Hrrubans encounter a new threat to their peaceful coexistence ... The Gringgs are not the first alien visitors to Doona, but they are the first to offer friendship—and a proposal to partake in a trade agreement being drawn up by Doona’s leaders. Some are willing to trust the Gringgs; others question their true motives ... and a battle of diplomatic unrest ensues. With Doona’s military forces at the ready, the planet once again falls under the dark shadow of uncertainty—and the threat of self-destruction ... AN URGENT PLEA