It so happened that Jim di Greese, then not yet a Steel Rat, but a simple seventeen-year-old guy with a forgotten remote planet god, decided to go into crime. Only between "decide" and "become" the distance is no less than from the Earth to the center of the Galaxy So, you need to find a mentor who will help you achieve professional heights . They become for Jim the great Elephant, a legend of the criminal world. He'll turn yesterday's shalop into a Steel Rat. and for him , Teacher, when he becomes a victim of the cunning Captain Garth , Jim Dee Greese will serve in the Army. to avenge the evil , and later , the Galactic League on the planet Lyokukai, Steel Rat is very suitable for the experience acquired from the Elephant . The book includes the fourth, fifth and sixth novels of the cycle - "The Birth of the Steel Rat", "The Steel Rat Goes to the Army", "The Steel Rat Sings the Blues"