Publisher's Synopsis
How do you look your loved ones in the eye when your life is a lie?
Pete Drake is safe at home, but that's the last place he wants to be.The pressure of living a dual existence-one with his family on the Marine Corps base, the other at the Academy of Omniosophical Arts & Sciences-is taking its toll on him. He fears he may let slip one of his many secrets if he stays at home much longer. But the people from the Ocademy who are supposed to be transporting him back have made no contact, and Pete is becoming desperate. In the back of his mind, he wonders, What if they never come? A Winning Combination is a 25,000-word whimsical fantasy by JSD Johnston. It's the first segment in Pete's 7-part Fall from Grace story and installment #15 in the overall 49-novella series. To find out how the Liberation of Oblivion affected life at Omni, go back to Oblivion's Wake, novella #14 in the saga, available now. And when you're ready to face a new Ocademy term and its new unknown challenges, continue on to Disarrayed, releasing next season. If Pete can manage to find the balance and keep his cool, he may finally forge a winning combination.
