The Napoleons Of Eridanus: Pierre Barbet; translated by Stanley HochmanBook I of Eridan. Supposing your world was an advanced Utopia that had eliminated war so long ago that nobody knew how to conduct a adequate defence. Then suppose your solar system was invaded by a fleet of alien militarists This is what happened to a certain planet in the Constellation Eridanus and what its leaders did was to seek a primitive race that still engaged in warfare. So they kidnapped a band of experienced soldiers Napoleonic veterans