A PI/SCI-FI/Comedy/Thriller introducing Philip Humphrey Chandler as the socially inept hero who likes beer, coffee and breasts - but not necessarily in that order. Phil is private investigator; he's got a computer and a comfy chair, and he knows how to use them. He doesn't get all sweaty chasing the bad guys; not when his fingers can do the work as he sips his coffee and looks forward to a nice cool pint. He doesn't wrestle them to the ground, with a quick quip and a steely gaze; not when he can sit in his comfy chair and dream about the girl behind the bar; the one with the breasts. Then he...

The Hru-argh are coming and they're not very nice. The end of the 22nd Century is approaching and Dan has stolen another spaceship and taken it to Tau Ceti E to pass it on to Andreas. Everything is working out fine until the attack from the Hru-argh. Dan finds himself stranded on a hot, heavy planet, far from any hope of rescue, until he finds evidence of alien life and perhaps a chance for survival. Meanwhile, many light years away, Heldon is trying to save the Galaxy from an attack from outside, and she can't have another extended war involving the belligerent Hru-argh. She sends her agent,...