Why is this book named just D? Is this an error?No, it is not. D is a very special letter. D is for Daemons and Devils, for Destruction and Desolation, for Deserts and Derelicts...Down to Darkness, to the Depthof Despair, Doomed to DeathDescend if you Dare

Dear Reader,Believe me or not, I know how to spell the word "light." But unlike most of my stories which are usually grim (see horror collection D for example), this book is a lite version of George Right. Most of science (or not-so-science) fiction stories here have a clear ironical flavor. I hope you will smile reading them.Don't expect a pure comedy, however. The darkness is still here. And will always be.

The planet Exanville is inhabited by two races: dainty aesthetes Eliants and brutal barbarians Grumdrucks. Only Eliants agreed to contact with humans, but it is not easy to deal with their ancient, arrogant and very individualistic culture which doesn't even have the words "good" and "evil", but only "elegant" (elle) and "not elegant" (gfurku). Frank Handergan tries to understand them, while his bosses have more pragmatic interests. But none of the Earthlings can guess th...