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An interstellar scandal explodes when a human diplomat assassinates an alien diplomat by farting at him, albeit using a scent-emitting communicator.This is how the book starts and the point when you really want to stop reading. Don't, because if you do, you miss out on a lot of fun! It is a satire of interstellar diplomacy and therefore need to have some infantile aspects...

To forestall interspecies war, the government enlists former war hero and current hacker Harry Creek. His mission is to placate the aliens by finding a unique form of sheep used in the aliens' upcoming coronation ritual. The sheep, in this case, turns out to be unassuming pet-store owner Robin Baker, whose genes improbably incorporate ovine DNA because of an misleeding breeding experiment. Before Baker can be secured and summarily dispatched, however, Creek must contend with a succession of meddlesome adversaries ranging from a cult of sheep worshippers to alien thugs itching for interstellar war. It is a fast-paced book, very unpredictable about what happens next. Nice one!