by Harry Harrison

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The Harry Harrison Megapack

12 novels and stories by the author of the Stainless Steel Rat series, including ARM OF THE LAW and classic science fiction novels DEATHWORLD and PLANET OF THE DAMNED.

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Slippery Jim DiGriz is the Stainless Steel Rat: the galaxy's greatest interstellar thief and con artist. For novel upon novel, the Rat has outfoxed the forces of conventionality, cutting a stylish swathe through dozens of star systems-and stealing the hearts of thousands of readers.

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1. It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton…
2. I flipped through the book…
3. I went back to the blotter…
4. It was around nine at night and the Chief was just going home when the call came in…
5. I never heard the rest of it because I was out the door and into the car…
6. The Chief was still sitting there with that bloodless look when we marched in…
7. “Yeah, China Joe…
8. The Chief was beyond caring at this point…
9. China Joe was angry, and with a reason…
10. There is a kind of a fog over everything after that…
11. When I pulled my thoughts together the answer was obvious…
12. It was a very busy day…