Advance Agent by Christopher Anvil ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

Advance Agent by Christopher Anvil audiobook. Genre: scifi Sent ahead of the diplomats and the contracts, Dan Redman is what the interstellar powers call an advance agent: the first man on the ground when a new world becomes too valuable to ignore. His latest assignment takes him to Porcy, home of the towering, hard-muscled Porcyns - and home to an economy and social order that makes no sense to outsiders. To get close enough to learn what Porcy really sells, what it fears, and how it keeps itself stable, Dan is reshaped into a near-copy of a famous local figure and pushed into a role where one wrong gesture can start a riot. As he threads his way through Porcy's markets, status codes, and the ominous presence of the Sweepers who enforce the planet's rules, Dan discovers that the Porcyns' strict answers to population and scarcity are not just cultural quirks - they are leverage. With rival interests maneuvering to steal a foothold and Dan's own identity blurring under the pressure of his disguise, the mission becomes a race to understand Porcy's system before someone turns it into an interplanetary disaster. Wry, tense, and sharp, Advance Agent is classic sci-fi espionage where business and survival are the same game. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:08:48) Chapter 02 (00:23:04) Chapter 03 (00:34:10) Chapter 04 (00:49:44) Chapter 05 (01:06:21) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices