# The Stainless Steel Rat — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison.

- [The Stainless Steel Rat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/the-stainless-steel-rat.md): The chapter introduces Slippery Jim diGriz, a master criminal and con artist, as he executes a daring heist on a police robot, showcasing his skills and amorality. He is later captured by the Special Corps and recruited 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/i.md): Slippery Jim diGriz, a master criminal, is caught in the act of a warehouse heist by a police robot. He triggers a trap, dropping a safe on the robot, and escapes through a series of pre-planned routes, shedding his disg
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/ii.md): After a successful robbery, Slippery Jim diGriz rebuilds his James diGriz personality while planning a new heist: holding up Moraio's department store. He executes a daring armored car robbery using an anesthetic bomb, t
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/iii.md): James diGriz, a master thief, is cornered by the Special Corps after a heist. He attempts to escape through a warehouse but is systematically outmaneuvered. Cornered by the Corps' leader, Harold Peters Inskipp, diGriz is
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/iv.md): Jim diGriz, bored and restless during his training at the Special Corps headquarters, uses his time in the records room to uncover a plot: a planet named Cittanuvo is secretly building a Warlord-class battleship disguise

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- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Trap Springs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xix.md)

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