Deathworld 2

Harry Harrison

Book 2 of Deathworld Trilogy

Language: English

Published: May 15, 1960

Pages: 160

Description:

In DEATHWORLD, professional gambler and psionicist Jason dinAlt uses his latent psionic powers to beat the house odds and turn millions into billions at the gaming tables. DinAlt succeeds and escapes the crooked casino planet Cassylia to Pyrrus, the deadliest planet in the galaxy.

In DEATHWORLD 2, DinAlt is abducted from Pyrrus by a do-gooder intent on taking DinAlt back to Cassylia for trial. After crashing on a barbaric and uncharted world, DinAlt must use his knowledge of technology to rise in society and make his escape.

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The stakes were slavery - or the life of Jason dinAlt.
The planet was unknown... a savagely primitive place where every man had to kill every other man - or live as a slave. Inhabitants lived in the early Bronze Age one minute, and in the early Machine Age the next. Technology had degenerated into a number of mysteries jealously guarded by separate brotherhoods. But Jason dinAlt was a gambler. He realised that if he was ever going to get a winning hand in this game, the brotherhoods would need a shuffle...