Harry Harrison 2 hr 39 min read

Jason dinAlt stares in disbelief at the shredded clothing and broken bones on the stretchers, his lethal Pyrran companions at each other's throats again, and only barely, so far, without weapons.

Harry Harrison's 1963 novel (Deathworld 2) is a rousing adventure and space opera of survival and morality. Vivid, gripping, thought-provoking. Read it for the return of gambler-hero Jason dinAlt, marooned on a brutal primitive world where his commitment to ethical action is tested against sheer savagery.

In its time

Published in 1963, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

2 hr 39 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

John Schoenherr