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Warriors by George R R Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
George R. R. Martin, from his Introduction to "Warriors: ""People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascin ...Show more
Warriors by George R. R. Martin (Editor); Gardner Dozois (Editor)
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction
George R. R. Martin, from his introduction to Warriors "People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinate ...Show more
Wild Cards by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A Game Of Thrones! There is a secret history of the world - a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinar ...Show more
Wild Cards: Ace in the Hole by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
Decades have passed since the first victims of the Wild Card virus appeared in public life. Transformed into Aces - with useful and remarkable powers - or Jokers - deformed and twisted - the virus has changed lives. But not all mutations are easily identified. As campaigners converge on Atlanta for the ...Show more
Wild Cards: Aces Abroad by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
Return to the early days of the Wild Cards series, as a group of super-powered Aces set off on a fact-finding tour of the world. Ever since the Wild Card virus spread across New York, people have changed - some becoming superpowered 'Aces', some distorted and bizarre 'Jokers'. But the effects of the vir ...Show more
Wild Cards: Aces High by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Wild Cards
30 years after the world changed, the victims of the gene-altering 'Wild Cards' virus face a new nightmare. The place is New York City, home of Aces High - the glamourous lounge for superheroes, high atop the Empire State Building - and Jokertown, the squalid residence of the city's deformed underc ...Show more
Wild Cards: Busted Flush by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A GAME OF THRONES In the six decades since the alien plague known as the Wild Card virus spread a wave of mutations around the globe, humanity has begun to come to terms with its consequences. Grot ...Show more
Wild Cards: Dead Man's Hand by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Wild Cards
Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, has been found brutally murdered in her popular restaurant, the Crystal Palace. Now two men are out to find her killer - Jay Ackroyd, the Ace private detective who discovered her ruined body, and the vigilante archer known as The Yeoman, who ha ...Show more
Wild Cards: Down and Dirty by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
When an alien virus struck the Earth decades ago, it spawned a new breed of superhuman men and women. Those with useful mutations were known as Aces, those with deformities as Jokers. Now, in New York's Jokertown, a savage street war has broken out between the Mafia and a gang known as the Shadow Fists. ...Show more
Wild Cards: Fort Freak by George R. R. Martin
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed 90% of those it infected. Nine percent survived, mutated into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The Wild Cards shared-universe series, created and edited ...Show more
Wild Cards: High Stakes by George R. R. Martin
Category: Fiction
After the concluding events of Lowball, Officer Francis Black of Fort Freak, vigilante joker Marcus 'The Infamous Black Tongue' Morgan, and ace thief Mollie 'Tesseract' Steunenberg get stuck in Talas, Kazakhstan. There, the coldblooded Baba Yaga forces jokers into an illegal fighting ring, but her hidde ...Show more
Wild Cards I by George R. R. Martin (Editor); Wild Cards Trust Staff
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Wild Cards Ser.
Great for gift-giving, a specially packaged pocket-sized (4"x6") edition of the first volume of George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards shared-world series! There is a secret history of the world--a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of surviv ...Show more