Synopses & Reviews
In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The
Wild Cards shared-universe series, created and edited since 1987 by
New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin ("The American Tolkien" --
Time magazine) along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since then—and of the heroes among the one percent.
Now a new generation of heroes has taken its place on the world stage, its members crucial players in international events. At the United Nations, veteran ace John Fortune has assembled a team of young aces known as the Committee, to assist at trouble spots around the world-including a genocidal was in the Niger Delta, an invasion of zombies in hurricane ravaged New Orleans, and a freak nuclear explosion in a small Texas town.
Review
“Delicious…Everything Id hoped for in a new Wild Cards book. The character interactions and plot twists have exactly the complexity, surprise, and unsentimental realism Id expect out of a George R. R. Martin project.”
--Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will Be Invincible, on Inside Straight
"A new beginning…This fast-paced and sardonic story will appeal to comic book aficionados and heroic fantasy fans alike."
--Publishers Weekly on Inside Straight
Synopsis
In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The
Wild Cards shared-universe series, created and edited since 1987 by
New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin ("The American Tolkien" --
Time magazine) along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since then—and of the heroes among the one percent.
Now a new generation of heroes has taken its place on the world stage, its members crucial players in international events. At the United Nations, veteran ace John Fortune has assembled a team of young aces known as the Committee, to assist at trouble spots around the world-including a genocidal war in the Niger Delta, an invasion of zombies in hurricane ravaged New Orleans, and a freak nuclear explosion in a small Texas town.
Synopsis
From the #1 New York Times bestseller, the second of a new generation of Wild Cards tales
Synopsis
In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed 90 percent of those it infected, but one percent gained superpowers. The latest book in the The Wild Cards series is the tale of the history of the world since then--and the heroes among the one percent.
About the Author
George R.R. Martin is the author of the acclaimed, internationally bestselling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted into the hit HBO series Game of Thrones. He is also the editor and contributor to the Wild Cards series, including the novels
Suicide Kings and
Fort Freak, among other bestsellers. He has won multiple science fiction and fantasy awards, including four Hugos, two Nebulas, six Locus Awards, the Bram Stoker, the World Fantasy Award, the Daedelus, the Balrog, and the Daikon (the Japanese Hugo). Martin has been writing ever since he was a child, when he sold monster stories to neighborhood children for pennies, and then in high school he wrote fiction for comic fanzines. His first professional sale was to
Galaxy magazine, when he was 21. He has been a full-time writer since 1979. Martin has bachelors and masters degrees in journalism from Northwestern University. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Contributors to this volume are:
Melinda Snodgrass
Caroline Spector
Carrie Vaughn
Walton Simons & Ian Tregillis
John Jos. Miller
Victor Milan
Stephen Leigh
Kevin Andrew Murphy