This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Deathworld centers on Jason, a professional gambler who uses his erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. While visiting the planet Cassylia, he is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (an ambassador of the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to take back the money. Bothered that he may finally have met someone superior to him, he decides to accompany Kerk to Pyrrus, despite being warned that it is the deadliest world ever colonized by humans.

Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. While visiting the planet Cassylia, he is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (an ambassador of the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to take back the money. Bothered that he may finally have met someone superior to him, he decides to accompany Kerk to Pyrrus, despite being warned that it is the deadliest world ever colonized by humans.

This eBook edition of "Harry Harrison - Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Deathworld The Stainless Steel Rat Planet of the Damned The Repairman The Misplaced Battleship The Ethical Engineer Toy Shop Arm of the Law The Velvet Glove The K-Factor Navy Day

Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. While visiting the planet Cassylia, he is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (an ambassador of the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to take back the money. Bothered that he may finally have met someone superior to him, he decides to accompany Kerk to Pyrrus, despite being warned that it is the deadliest world ever colonized by humans.

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of stories by Harry Harrison: Arm of the Law DEATHWORLD THE ETHICAL ENGINEER The K-Factor THE MISPLACED BATTLESHIP NAVY DAY Planet of the Damned The Repairman Toy Shop The Velvet Glove