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Jason dinAlt is a professional gambler who travels between different worlds in the universe. Right now, he is gambling on the planet Cassylia. One day, he meets the ambassador of Pyrrus – the most hostile world in the universe. Kerk, the ambassador, offers dinAlt money to run a stake up for him. After Jason finally wins the needed amount, he tries to escape with the money, but gets captured. Why did Kerk offer money to dinAlt and not to someone else? What are his real intentions? Who is the gambler going to play with and how much will he win? Who will capture him and for what reason? Find all the answers in Harry Harrison's 'Deathworld' from 1960.