Contains the 1st 3 stainless steel rat books: the stainless steel rat (1961): digriz is caught during one of his crimes & recruited into the special corps. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results...Contains the 1st 3 stainless steel rat books: the stainless steel rat (1961): digriz is caught during one of his crimes & recruited into the special corps. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel.