The reluctant Hero: The Zradian Chronicles

The Reluctant Hero is volume one of the Zradian Chronicles in which Julian, the no-good son of Professor Arthur Renfrew, becomes embroiled in an interplanetary war. Wanted for arson, chased by a mad axeman, and "rescued" by the alien Drogl on behalf of the Zradian Rebels, Julian ends up on a violent planet in the middle of a deadly war against a despotic and possibly loopy President. The story explores Julian's relationships with others and pokes a lot of fun at our own institutions against...