Jason dinAlt makes his living at casino tables, helped by a touch of psychic talent. When Kerk Pyrrus asks him to turn a fortune into the money that buys weapons, Jason ends up following him home to Pyrrus, a world of crushing gravity where every plant and animal seems bred to kill the colonists. He decides to find out why.
Harrison’s first novel, serialised in Astounding in 1960, and still a fast, clever planetary adventure. Download the free EPUB.