It's all fun and games until you bet the ship. Captain Jax Dart should never be allowed in a casino. But when the crew stops at a sleazy asteroid strip-station, she loses The Lucky Bastard in a high-stakes game of cards. Now the ship belongs to Arelle, the ruthless casino boss-and another one of Jax's furious ex-lovers. To win back the Bastard, Jax has to enter an underground cage-fighting tournament where the rules are rigged, the odds are bloody, and the house always wins. Her crew isn't much help: Zorblax has become drinking buddies with the pit fighters. Rob is entered into the tournament by mistake and short-circuits dramatically in round one. Kip & Ludo accidentally blow up part of the casino trying to "rig" the slot machines. Between brutal cage matches, sabotage, and champagne-soaked revenge, Jax has to fight her way out while juggling sex, violence, and enemies who always seem to know her better than she knows herself. Queens of the Asteroid Strip is book five of Jax Dart, Space Bastard-a gritty, hilarious, and unapologetically queer sci-fi comedy adventure full of casino heists, brutal fights, sexy rivals, and the galaxy's worst luck.