Wild Cards

Product Description

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 extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces
- those with superhuman mental & physical abilities. Others became Jokers
- cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities. Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story. Return to the beginning of the long running shared-world series edited by George R. R. Martin featuring stories & characters who would go on to become legends. Super-heroes have never been more real. Originally published in 1987 Wild Cards I

Includes:: powerful tales by Roger Zelazny Walter Jon Williams Howard Waldrop Lewis Shiner & George R. R. Martin himself. & this expanded edition contains further original tales set at the beginning of the Wild Cards universe by eminent new writers like Hugo-winner David Levine noted screenwriter & novelist Michael Cassutt & New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.