A Stainless Steel Trio: A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born/The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted/The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues

Name: A Stainless Steel Trio: A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born/The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted/The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
Price: 17.32 USD
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Rating: 4.4 (420 reviews)
Author: Harry Harrison

by Harry Harrison

Literary Fiction Science Fiction

4.4 (420)

4.4 stars from 420 reviews

492 pages~8.2 hr readPublished by Tor BooksPublished 2002-01-01

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You enjoy clever, witty protagonists who talk their way out of impossible situations with style and charm.
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You appreciate character-driven stories where the rogue's personality and quick thinking matter more than flashy tech.

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You prefer hard science fiction focused on realistic physics and technical accuracy over adventurous storytelling.
You want your SF darker, grittier, or more cynical rather than playful and optimistic.
You find heist plots predictable and need stories that lean heavily on romance or introspection.

About this book

Slippery Jim DiGriz, known as the Stainless Steel Rat, is the galaxy's greatest interstellar thief and con artist. Across multiple novels, the Rat has outsmarted conventional forces while traveling through dozens of star systems. This collection brings together three of his adventures. In A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, Jim DiGriz's criminal career begins as he is forced to work for the authorities. The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted sees him conscripted into a planetary army, where he must avenge his mentor's murder. In The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, Jim must recover a missing alien artifact while disguised as a futuristic rock musician, or face death. This edition is sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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