ONLY ONE MAN COULD SAVE THE WORLD. AND HE WAS DEAD. AGAIN.OnceGino Molinari, elected leader of Earth and supreme commander of itsarmed forces in the war against the reegs, had been assassinated by apolitical rival. The second time he had a heart attack while negotiatinga surrender to the enemy. But now he was back, younger and morevigorous than before, giving Earth new hope in its battle for survival.Hadhe really died? Was an artificial Molinari — a robant — masquerading asthe overlord of Earth? And what about the men from Lilistar, supposedlyEarth's allies? Come to that, what about the reegs, supposedly Earth'senemies? One way and another, the solar system was in bad trouble — andMolinari was the only one who could get it out of the mess it was in. Ifhe could stay alive long enough. Or at least not stay dead too long...