The Stainless Steel Rat and the Misplaced Battleship
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · October 19, 2015
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- Who it’s for
- A missing battleship, an undercover con-man, and a science-fiction romp that keeps its pace brisk.
- Genres
- Funny Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Sci-Fi Crime
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, October 19, 2015
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It's more than a little careless to lose a battleship, even in interstellar space. Enter Slippery Jim diGriz, better known as the Stainless Steel Rat, the fastest talking con-man in the galaxy. Jim will need to go undercover to find the missing battleship and make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. A fast paced comical science fiction romp!
Caper in Orbit
A missing battleship, an undercover con-man, and a science-fiction romp that keeps its pace brisk.
Come here for
- A fast-talking con-man’s comic take on interstellar crime
- Space-opera stakes with a lighter touch
Expect
- Quick-moving, playful science fiction
- A caper shaped by wit and interstellar trouble
Where it sits
| Space Opera | 73% |
|---|---|
| Funny Sci-Fi | 68% |
| Sci-Fi Crime | 60% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sci-Fi
- Sci-Fi Adventure
- Space Opera
- Authors
- Harry Harrison
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- October 19, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Sci-Fi