Return to Aquinas

It is now forty years since the momentous events on Aquinas which brought unwanted fame to Brian Lander, rookie Law Enforcement Officer. Now working quietly in agriculture, Lander is asked out of the blue to go back to the 'abandoned' colony to help defuse a new threat. This time, the issue is not murder, but a potential war. Once again, the reluctant Earthman feels the heavy, unwanted weight of responsibility upon his shoulders. Yet on this occasion he must also face the challenge of raw politics - human and other - while trying to survive the physical threats of the brooding, wild Aquinan forest...