The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
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Someone was tampering with time, altering the past to eliminate the present, fading people out of existence into a timeless limbo. One of the victims was Angelina, the wife of James de Griz, better known as the Stainless Steel Rat. That put Slippery Jim on the trail of the villains, a trail that went back to 1984 and an ancient nation called the United States of America.
The Stainless Steel Rat was determined to rescue his wife. And before he was through he'd thrown dozens of centuries through time in both directions. But then he didn't have much choice: to save Angelina he had to save the world. Again.
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10 primary books11 released books#6 in Stainless Steel Rat
Stainless Steel Rat is a 11-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by Harry Harrison.
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10 primary books11 released books#3 in Stainless Steel Rat (Publication Order)
Stainless Steel Rat (Publication Order) is a 11-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by Harry Harrison.
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Slippery Jim DiGriz is back. Back in time, that is. The evil villain who calls himself ???He??? has been using time travel to try to rid the world of the Special Corp (including Jim and Angelina) by eliminating them before they were even born. As his world is quickly fading in front of his eyes, Jim jumps back to a planet called ???Dirt??? (that???s Earth) in their year 1975 so he can kill He before He can work His evil plan. Before the adventure is over, Jim ends up fighting He-possessed Napoleon Bonaparte who has occupied London (the history is a little different in He???s time warp).
Don???t worry about the mind-boggling impossibilities and plot holes here ??? just go along for the ride and, if you can, do it in audio. I don???t know how the Stainless Steel Rat books come across in print, but in audio format, with their quick pace (less than 5 hours) and Phil Gigante???s wonderful voices, they???re immensely entertaining. In this installment, Mr. Gigante gets to show off a few more of his brilliant accents. This time it???s British, French, and Gangsta. Even when the plot gets a little slow for a few minutes, Gigante carries it along with his fabulous narration.
