title: Deuces Wild: Beginners' Luck
author:  L. S. King 
description: &quot;This is space opera of the truest kind, with pirates and cowboys and evil empires and political powermongering...if you like the idea of spacey derring-do, I think you&apos;ll love this one.&quot;<br />- Splashdown Reviews<br /><br />&quot;...the book lives up to all the unabashedly cliff-hanging, popcorn-eating, silly-grin-inducing fun of the premise.&quot; <br />- John Adcox Reviews Pretty Much Anything<br /><br />&quot;While set in a science fiction world, the story itself is one anyone can identify with. For space opera lovers, this is a must read...&quot; <br />- Copple&apos;s Creations Review
zlib_text: PLAYING YOU
  
  OMEGA’S LUCK, BOOK THREE
  
  CLAIRE CULLEN
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Claire Cullen
  All Rights Reserved
  
  CONTENTS
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
  Chapter 21
  Chapter 22
  Chapter 23
  Chapter 24
  Chapter 25
  Chapter 26
  Chapter 27
  Chapter 28
  Chapter 29
  Chapter 30
  Chapter 31
  Chapter 32
  Chapter 33
  Chapter 34
  Chapter 35
  Chapter 36
  Chapter 37
  Epilogue
  Author’s Note
  
  C H A P T E R  O N E
  BRENDAN USHERED THE LAST CANDIDATE OUT THE DOOR, HOLDING BACK A SIGH OF FRUSTRATION. HE
  returned to his desk and flicked fruitlessly through the pile of resumes. With a growl of frustration, he
  picked the whole lot up and dumped them into the shredder, feeling a sense of satisfaction as they
  were torn to pieces.
  “Not fit to make a cup of coffee,” he grumbled, gathering up the bag of torn paper to take down to
  the recycling.
  He’d had a 