Project Gutenberg 2008-10-29 Public domain in the USA. 96 Westlake, Donald E. 1933 2008 Westlake, D. E. (Donald E.) Westlake, Donald Edwin Edmund Ivie, Larry 1936 2014 The Risk Profession Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Risk Profession" by Donald E. Westlake is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around the world of space exploration and insurance, focusing on a claims investigator's journey through the complexities of a unique retirement plan for asteroid prospectors. The story highlights themes of risk and morality in a futuristic setting filled with dangerous work environments. The plot follows Ged Stanton, a claims investigator for a company that provides retirement plans to "uninsurables," like asteroid prospectors. When Ged is assigned to investigate the suspicious death of Jafe McCann, who died shortly after potentially striking it rich, he encounters his partner, Ab Karpin. As Ged digs deeper, he uncovers inconsistencies in Karpin's story regarding McCann's death and a cash-return form submitted posthumously. Throughout his investigation, Ged navigates the treacherous social conditions of the asteroid belt, leading to revelations about greed, identity theft, and ultimately, murder. The story culminates in a twist that unveils the true nature of McCann and Karpin's partnership, ultimately resulting in Ged turning the tables on those involved, showcasing both his wit and resolve. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 89653 89661 2024-10-11T12:59:57.524176 2023-09-12T05:46:10.235588 text/html text/html 86343 2008-10-29T12:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 102156 2008-10-29T12:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 171434 2024-10-11T13:00:03.491133 application/epub+zip 170861 2024-10-11T13:00:00.579193 application/epub+zip 125591 2024-10-11T12:59:59.236167 application/epub+zip 362003 2024-10-11T13:00:05.517160 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257866 2024-10-11T13:00:02.639153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171477 2022-09-12T12:45:15.856405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 81372 81272 2024-10-11T12:59:57.163198 2023-09-12T05:46:09.985598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 81210 2008-10-29T12:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31012 2008-10-29T12:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20371 2024-10-11T13:00:05.645154 application/rdf+xml 13339 2024-10-11T12:59:59.799183 image/jpeg 3390 2024-10-11T12:59:59.520157 image/jpeg 172399 2024-10-11T12:59:57.543159 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia