{"id":1389,"date":"2026-01-03T21:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-grand-wheel-bayley-barrington-j\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:28:11","slug":"the-grand-wheel-bayley-barrington-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-grand-wheel-bayley-barrington-j\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Wheel – Bayley, Barrington J."},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was a concave stripper in the game. <\/p>\n

Cheyne Scame, as he shuffled the deck preparatory to dealing, covertly sized up the player sitting opposite him across the green baize table. The stripper was not much over twenty-five years of age; with his pale face and thin nose, he had an icy sort of self-assurance about him. Earlier he had introduced himself as Skode Loder, from off-planet, a newcomer to lo- one of the new breed of players who never stayed long in one spot. <\/p>\n

Scame had already gauged Loder to be a card mechanic, but he hadn’t been sure just what his particular gimmick was. Now that he held the deck in his own hands, he knew even that. <\/p>\n

Several of the trump cards had been finely shaved on their short edges, so that the stripper-or, now that he knew the secret, Scame himself-could on his deal drop them out of the pack and distribute them whichever way he wanted. The job had been artfully performed: the slight concavities made no perceptible dent. <\/p>\n

But Scame had found the right touch, the slight difference in pressure, that made the trick work. <\/p>\n

Loder, he noted, wore a slim, gold ring on the third finger of his left hand. <\/p>\n

That was it, of course. There was a blade vibrator in the ring. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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