Deathworld

Name: Deathworld
ISBN: 9798880903719

Harry Harrison

Start Publishing PD · Print & ebook · April 23, 2024

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Who it’s for: A gambler’s slight psionic edge carries him from the tables to Deathworld.
Genres: Sci-Fi Adventure, Sci-Fi
Published: Start Publishing PD, April 23, 2024

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About this book

Deathworld is perhaps Harry Harrison's best known novel and is certainly the book that put him on the map. Jason dinAlt is a daring gambler. He uses his spotty psionic powers to give himself a slight edge in games of chance. After winning a large fortune at the tables he flees for his life to Deathworld the most dangerous planet ever colonized by human beings. He will soon discover that nothing is what it seems.

Jason’s Psionic Edge

A gambler’s slight psionic edge carries him from the tables to Deathworld.

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Jason dinAlt’s spotty psionic powers give him an edge at games of chance.

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A flight to the most dangerous planet humans have colonized.
A world where nothing is what it seems.

Where it sits

Sci-Fi Adventure	63%
Sci-Fi	45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

Sci-Fi
Sci-Fi Adventure
Space Opera

Authors: Harry Harrison
Publisher: Start Publishing PD
Published: April 23, 2024
Format: Print & ebook
Reading lane: Sci-Fi