Rebellion Under Glass (Deathworld 2 Book Spoilers)

[**Significant ⚠️ 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⚠️ for the second book in the Deathworld series by Harry Harrison.**] Jason’s wager carried him far from Pyrrus Exiled to a world that bred control Colonists bowed to the ruling class Status set in stone Captured by tribes in the desert wastes Where law was written by wicked hands He learned their lives were ruled Their freedom crushed beneath command Never been a pawn not one of these silent slaves Chance bends beneath his psychic will He tests the lines of power drawn A gambler’s mind that won’t stay still Rise Against the masters’ call Fight Though the game seems lost A world punished by birthright Jason stands to break its cost This is the way of the Deathworld Oh another Deathworld Among the tribes a plot takes root To challenge kings with projected lies Jason reads their inner thoughts Changes motives hidden behind their eyes A fortress wall a soldier’s might Can't hold against a mind that sees He twists the odds and changes fate In the court where players bleed The lords believed they held the board Manipulating fate he has his way A rebellion lit up the sand Another empire bound to fade Rise Against the masters’ call Fight Though the game seems lost A world punished by birthright Jason stands to break its cost This is the way of the Deathworld Oh another Deathworld Not with guns but psionic mind He breaks the house rewrites the dice Among the ruled a new freedom grows A bettor’s hand that led the fight First the rage of Pyrrus to a world enslaved Jason steps where few survive Each wager higher but altered The gambler stays alive This is the way of the Deathworld Oh another Deathworld Oh another Deathworld