Manual Interpretation — Ken R. Pence

Rett didn't expect to be rescued and then attacked by a primitive on a test flight. Andrew didn't expect to save an alien and nearly destroy his planet because of what he learned. Earth didn't get to choose their representative for a planet-wide treaty and then be threatened by an alien confederation. Surely Earth couldn't have had contact with others, from off-planet, before now...but what was this backwater planet doing trying to defend itself. No one read it right. From the Author This book is from a series of four books in the Trade World Series. The second in the series, Patently Obvious, should be finished shortly as will the third in the series - A Certain Expertise. Future isolationism is being challenged by young people with a "different" vision of the world and scientific advances are in the doldrums prior to the discovery of a new energy source. These are in the space opera genre where I prefer an upbeat ending, each book is complete but enhanced by previous versions. The Fourth book is the Core Values.