Deuces Wild: Stacking the Deck - Paperback

by L. S. King (Author)

Tristan is not some hero...
Or a legitimate business man.

But his naïve partner, Slap, seems determined to cast him in those roles. To complicate matters, Slap takes a contract to deliver supplies to settlers on a pioneer world, not realizing it would involve running a planetary blockade.

Galactic mobsters out for revenge...
Corrupt government agents on a deadly mission...

Their supply job runs afoul of Tristan's past, and they end up caught between several different groups of adversaries out for his blood.

Can they possibly outwit and outrun all the factions determined to destroy them?

You'll love this edge-of-your-seat space opera adventure!

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Author Biography

L. S. King has three novels published to date. Deuces Wild: Beginners' Luck, Deuces Wild: Stacking the Deck, and Sword's Edge. Besides having short stories published in Deep Magic, The Sword Review, Dragons, Knights & Angels, Digital Dragon Magazine, and Residential Aliens, she also authored a column for writers, teaches fiction writing online, has worked as a submissions editor and a copy editor on several magazines, and was founding editor of the semi-pro online magazine Ray Gun Revival, currently on hiatus. As a child, L.S. began studying the martial arts, eventually earning the rank of master. Other items in her eclectic background are working in an electronics store, as a journalist, a school bus driver, in a radio station, and as a gymnastics coach. She also homeschooled all four of her children. When on the planet, this mother and grandmother enjoys gardening, soap making, reading, and online gaming. She also likes Looney Tunes, the color purple, and is a Zorro aficionado, which might explain her love of swords and cloaks.