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The fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Aliens from Planetary Welfare Services, headed by a race known as Bureaunians, appear one day to sue humans on behalf of Earth and its ecosystems. When the UN appoints Erdmann Barrister and his partner Bhumi Gupta, the pair are tasked with winning the case.
However, it quickly becomes apparent that the odds are stacked against them. Between a smug Bureaunian prosecutor that looks like an arachnophobe's nightmare stuffed into a can, the fact that evidence for planetary neglect is rampant, and testimony from an oddly elegant octopus, it seems unlikely that Erdmann has a chance to win.
But win he must, because failure means humanity loses custody of Earth...or worse.