Unrivaled in the history of artillery and unsurpassed in its ability to reason, Bolo replaced man in that most human of endeavors: war.
In these scintillating tales of the ever-advancing Dinochrome Brigade, the most effective weapons ever devised ell their own story in action-packed chronicles of extra-terrestrial adventure. 
Bolo: fighting in proud combat as monster saviors of their human creators.

Bolo

THE CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE TERRESTRIENNE HAS NEVER SEEN HIS LIKE...
Retief - the most diplomatic diplomat of the 27th century.
His mission: to gain control of the most desirable planet in the universe - without triggering intergalactic war.
He tries talking ... but how does anyone - even Retief - negotiate with an uninhabited planet?
He tries a dice game ... but how does gambling help the solar peace organization prevent the malevolent Basurans (who've eaten their own planet) from turning to Terra's prize colony for an after-dinner snack?
The problems Retief faces are just beginning, but as insurmountable as they seem, the indomitable adventurer prevails - and keeps the state of the universe on an even keel!

Retief: Emissary to the Stars

The Earth was in shambles after the final quake had leveled the cities. 
For Mal Irish the last hold on reality was the embossed gold coin he had taken from the pocket of the dead man - the man who with his last breath had told him of mastodons buried in ice and men who weren't human. 
Once in possession of the coin, Mal found himself on a mysterious quest which led him to discover even stranger things - the girl who spoke the language of another world, the city under the ocean floor, and the deadly little men who followed him. He was in the power of something beyond his understanding, and he meant to find out its source before it put him to its own unfathomable uses.

Catastrophe Planet

Les Seigneurs des Etoiles voulaient sa mort... mais Ban Tarleton n'était pas encore décidé à mourir. Il avait trouvé le corps de son ami Paul Danton flottant parmi les débris rocheux des anneaux de Saturne, et il brûlait de le venger. Les Seigneurs des Etoiles étaient les maîtres du « Coeur d'étoile » et celui-ci était indispensable à la civilisation terrienne. Tous les atouts étaient donc entre les mains de l'ennemi. Mais cela ne tenait pas compte des Ancils, les étranges habitants de l'Enfer rose, la planète-prison. Ni de la détermination d'un homme résolu... Keith Laumer, ancien officier de l'U.S. Air Force, a servi notamment au Viêt-Nam. Il a été ensuite mis à la disposition du Departement d'Etat à Washington et chargé de diverses missions diplomatiques. Auteur à succès de nombreux romans de sicence-fiction, il a également publié un ouvrage sur les modèles réduits téléguidés d'aviation et un roman intitulé « Ambassade ».

Coeur d'étoile

Lors de la mise en service d'une centrale expérimentale de télétransmission d'énergie — premier pas vers la distribution universelle et gratuite d'énergie à toutes les machines de l'humanité —, une étrange tornade se forme sur l'Atlantique. En quelques heures, elle altère désastreusement les conditions météorologiques du continent américain et, s'étendant sans frein, elle plonge bientôt toute la planète dans une terrible et continuelle tempête.Pendant que se déchaîne cette catastrophe, deux hommes singuliers entrent dans l'action : un prisonnier fédéral qui semble avoir été détenu depuis plus d'un siècle, et un vaga­bond qui porte encore une blessure datant de la Guerre de Sécession. Le prisonnier s'évade, le vagabond retrouve mira­culeusement sa jeunesse, et tous deux se dirigent vers la centrale. Tandis qu'ils s'en approchent, la police et l'armée tentent de les arrêter mais en vain. On découvre alors que ces deux hommes se sont déjà rencontrés en bien des époques et bien des lieux, dans un duel qui a donné nais­sance à de nombreuses légendes de l'humanité.Et ce sont ces hommes, nés il y a de longs siècles et sous une autre étoile, qui vont risquer leur vie pour sauver la planète étrangère devenue leur patrie...

Le long Crépuscule

As the concept of intelligent fighting machines developed, the Bolo division of General Motors started working on tank designs that incorporated awareness and intelligence within the development of their tactical tanks. With each new generation, these awesome fighting machines become more self-aware, with capabilities not only matching their human controllers, but often surpassing them. This collection of action-packed stories lets the Bolo war machines speak for themselves as they hunt and destroy all who stands in their way. But beyond the action itself, these stories speak to us all on a very human level . about the far-reaching, and often tragic, consequences of our actions.

Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade

Retief returns - to make the galaxy safe for diplomacy!
The diplomat extraordinaire faces his ultimate challenge on the embattled planet Furtheron - to keep the peace and keep himself in one piece!
Voracious Crawlie cannibals want him for dinner - while the wily Creepies are besieging Earth's embassy. Then greedy Groacians add fuel to the fire, igniting civil war for their own secret ends.
Only a rare diplomat can pull his Corps out of this stew, save his boss's hide, and preserve the future of the Galaxy!

Retief to the Rescue

BLINDING LIGHT, NOISE BEYOND SOUND - A JOURNEY INTO NOTHINGNESS...
Imperial Intelligence Agent Brion Bayard was catapulted into nothingness by an unknown force and woke to find himself in a universe not his own. Surrounded by hulking, cannibalistic ape men who called themselves Hagroon, Bayard was soon entrapped in a web of time lines. He found himself running from the Hagroon into the arms of Dzok, the educated monkey man of Xonijeel; transported by Dzok to a universe where Napoleon the Fifth was in power and left there to the tender powers of the beautiful witch Olivia; struggling with the bonds of a fictitious past, always striving to regain his lost universe of Zero-zero Stockholm so he could bring the warning which might save his world from sudden, violent death...

Bolo

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