Slippery Jim diGriz

Angelina

Angelina and Slippery Jim diGriz share a deep, adventurous romantic partnership built on mutual respect and love.

Harold Peters Inskipp

Harold Peters Inskipp and Slippery Jim diGriz work together as colleagues in the Special Corps.

Angelina

Angelina and Slippery Jim diGriz share a deep, adventurous romantic partnership built on mutual respect and love.

The Stainless Steel Rat

Protagonist and master criminal, executes a safe drop on a police robot and is later captured and recruited by the Special Corps.

I

The protagonist and master criminal, executing his escape after being discovered.

II

Narrator and protagonist; plans and executes the Moraio's robbery, reflecting on his life as a 'stainless steel rat'.

III

The hunted thief, outwitted by the Special Corps, eventually recruited as an agent.

IV

Narrates his boredom and frustration with Corps training, then uses his skills to uncover the battleship plot and convince Inskipp to send him on a reconnaissance mission.

V

Investigates the battleship construction, uses a lie-detector robot, and deduces the involvement of Pepe Nero and Angelina.

VI

Devises a media trap for Pepe Nero, posing as an admiral and coordinating the hunt for the stolen battleship.

VII

Captures Pepe Nero and the battleship, but allows Angelina to escape; later fakes his own capture to board the ship.

VIII

Protagonist who disobeys Inskipp, steals a ship, and resigns after discovering a bomb.

IX

Narrator and protagonist; escapes the Corps, plans to find Angelina, and robs a bank to reassert his identity.

The Trap Springs

Narrator and protagonist; tracks Angelina, attempts to capture her, but is outmaneuvered and shot.

XI

Narrates his own near-death experience after being shot by Angelina, fakes his death by forging medical reports and swapping toe tags in the morgue.

XII

Narrates the chapter; fakes his death, stays on Freibur, recruits Dr. Vulff, and struggles to track Angelina.

XIII

Undergoes self-induced psychosis to understand Angelina; experiences violent impulses and paranoia under the drug's influence.

XIV

Emerges from psychosis, reflects on his dark desires and his attraction to Angelina, then adopts the cover of Grav Bent Diebstall to infiltrate the royal ball.

XV

Imprisoned and playing the role of a rebellious noble to bait Angelina; he refuses the King's leniency and waits for her move.

XVI

Narrator and protagonist; poses as Grav Bent Diebstall while infiltrating Count Rdenrundt's conspiracy.

XVII

Acts as bodyguard, considers reenlisting in the Special Corps, and learns about Angelina's past.

XVIII

Reveals his true identity to Angelina; struggles with his feelings for her and his moral compass; deduces the Count's involvement in the assassination attempt.

XIX

Jim is confronted by Inskipp, learns the truth about his 'graduating exercise,' and struggles with his feelings for Angelina.