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As Stainless Steel Rat Jim diGriz describes himself,"I'm so slippery that when the cops finally caught up with me, there was only one thing they could do. They made me a cop..."
In this second adventure, Slippery Jim diGriz and his blushing bride Angelina have just pulled off the most daring, and profitable, crime wave of the century. As a symbol of thanks for pointing out all of the security flaws in the system, the Special Corps sends the irascible rogue into the middle of an interplanetary war. And, if snuffing out the bloody festivities between the two planets just happens to cost the Stainless Steel Rat his life, that's just a bonus as far as the big cheeses at the Special Corps are concerned...
In this second adventure, Slippery Jim diGriz and his blushing bride Angelina have just pulled off the most daring, and profitable, crime wave of the century. As a symbol of thanks for pointing out all of the security flaws in the system, the Special Corps sends the irascible rogue into the middle of an interplanetary war. And, if snuffing out the bloody festivities between the two planets just happens to cost the Stainless Steel Rat his life, that's just a bonus as far as the big cheeses at the Special Corps are concerned...