Project Gutenberg 2009-03-17 Public domain in the USA. 428 Harrison, Harry 1925 2012 Dempsey, Henry Maxwell Harrison, Henry Maxwell Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van Deathworld Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Deathworld" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows Jason dinAlt, a skilled gambler who becomes embroiled in a dangerous proposition while visiting the hostile planet of Pyrrus, which is notorious for its lethal environment and life forms. Jason is offered a spectacular gamble involving an astronomical amount of money, bringing him into contact with Kerk Pyrrus, a strong and enigmatic figure with ties to a world of survival and violence. The opening of "Deathworld" sets the stage for Jason's introduction to the treacherous nature of Pyrrus through an encounter that emphasizes his life as a professional gambler. As he unwinds in a luxurious setting with a hidden gun, he is approached by Kerk, who reveals his plan to gamble with a substantial sum of money. The tension escalates as Jason realizes the stakes involved and the dangerous world he is being drawn into—one filled with unyielding challenges and potentially lethal consequences. As their transaction unfolds, readers are drawn into a high-pressure story filled with suspense, moral ambiguity, and the exploration of survival in one of the deadliest environments imaginable. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 367249 367258 2024-09-12T08:23:29.049962 2023-09-12T11:38:06.405122 text/html text/html 366682 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 813695 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 853247 2024-09-12T08:23:36.889903 application/epub+zip 859510 2024-09-12T08:23:31.335984 application/epub+zip 192738 2024-09-12T08:23:29.684965 application/epub+zip 1458535 2024-09-12T08:23:40.861911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1426875 2024-09-12T08:23:35.496913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306976 2022-09-13T08:27:12.649841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347790 347664 2024-09-12T08:23:28.123979 2023-09-12T11:38:05.567135 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 347651 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132381 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19510 2024-09-12T08:23:41.007899 application/rdf+xml 10494 2024-09-12T08:23:30.065962 image/jpeg 2940 2024-09-12T08:23:29.866962 image/jpeg 857168 2024-09-12T08:23:29.134022 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 en.wikipedia