But the best-laid plans of mice (and stainless steel rats) sometimes go astray and he attracts the attention of the Special Corps, the elite law-enforcement and spy agency led by the former greatest crook in the Galaxy, Harold P. He has a strict moral code against taking life, using non-lethal methods to perpetrate his crimes.
He soon finds a mentor ( The Bishop) who imparts on him the knowledge and inspiration to begin his career as a criminal, a vocation James regards as noble in that it adds excitement to the monotonous existence of the every-day person and gives gainful employement to the last remaining law enforcement agencies. There are exceptions, and young James sees himself as one of them. Earth (or "Dirt") is just a legend now, and crime has been genetically bred out of the human race.or so it seems. The books follow the adventures and exploits of James Bolivar diGriz, "Slippery Jim" to some, as he begins his life as a lonely misfit young man in a far-off future of sedate and mentally-domesticated human beings living in scattered colonies around the galaxy.
There are twelve books in the series and two compilations to date. The "Stainless Steel Rat" is a series of science fiction short stories and novels by author Harry Harrison.
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