Diplomat by Necessity

10 hrs. 44 min.

Language Russian

Author Mikhail Kislichkin

Narrator skorostnik

A full-scale war between humans and the Alvalans was prevented at the last moment. However, the chain of events set in motion by humanity’s first contact with an alien race can no longer be stopped. Alvala is burning, engulfed by civil war. The largest earthly powers can’t stand aside when both warring sides ask them for help. The reward for the winner is too great—resources, money, and the technologies of a foreign race. NATO countries see in this a chance to pull themselves out of the crisis and preserve their leading positions; the “Asian tigers” see an opportunity for global domination. But neither side takes Russia into account. The Russians have no chance to make themselves known in the new world... Or do they? This is what Lieutenant Colonel Lipatov, Ilya Krasikov, and the other participants of the first Russian military-diplomatic expedition to a foreign planet must find out.

1. Soldier Against His Will (narrated by skorostnik) 2. Diplomat by Necessity