A world that actively seeks to kill the colonists. Not a pleasant place. The hordes of ferocious animals all come with deadly poison and a will to kill as many humans as possible. Even the plants have teeth and claws and toxins dripping from every surface. They fly, crawl and run for the chance to sink something terrible into a human arm or leg. Oh, and did I mention the 2G gravity? Pyrrus is it's name. The settlers there were supermen... twice as strong as ordinary men and with instantaneous reflexes. They had to be. For their business was murder...a 3 year old Pyrrian had a loaded gun strapped to his forearm and knew how to use it or he was a dead 3 year old. It was up to Jason dinAlt, interplanetary gambler, to discover why Pyrrus had become so hostile during man's brief habitation...if he could stay alive long enough to even make a start - Summary by phil chenevert
Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison, né dans le Connecticut en **1925** et mort au Royaume-Uni en **1992**, reste une figure majeure de la science-fiction américaine. Il commence sa carrière comme illustrateur avant de se consacrer à l’écriture, publiant son premier roman *Le Monde de la mort* en **1960**. C’est cependant *Soleil vert* (**1966**), dystopie visionnaire sur la surpopulation et l’épuisement des ressources, qui le rend célèbre, notamment grâce à son adaptation cinématographique par Richard Fleischer en **1973**. Son œuvre, marquée par un réalisme social et une critique acerbe du progrès, continue d’influencer la SF contemporaine.
