Dirk Barnevelt knew he wasn't a hero, but somebody had to find the
explorer who'd vanished on the low-tech planet, Krisha and to do that,
somebody had to single-handedly rescue a beautiful princess from
bloodthirsty pirates and to do that, somebody had to lead the fleet
against an impregnable fortress, while fending off a superior navy. And
whoever managed all that was going to be a hero--whether he knew it or
not!