Deathworld 1

by Christian Rummel, Harry Harrison

1960 154 pages eng ★ 3.5 (13 ratings)

"Deathworld" centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by ga…