Inside Straight

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 of those who survived mutated 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 along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since then—and of the heroes among that one percent. Originally begun in 1986, long before George R. R. Martin became a household name among fantasy readers ("The American Tolkien"—Time magazine), the Wild Cards series earned a reputation among connoisseurs for its smart reimagining of the superhero idea. Now, with Inside Straight, the Wild Cards continuity jumps forward to a new generation of major characters, entirely accessible to Martin's hundreds of thousands of new readers, with all-original stories by Martin himself,...

Author: Martin George R. R., Vaughn Carrie, Abraham Daniel, Cassutt Michael, Farrell S. L., Miller John Jos, Snodgras Melinda M., Spector Caroline, Tregillis Ian
ISBN: 9780765357120
Year of publication: 2008
Collection: Wild Cards
Genre: Classic literature
Number of pages: 434
Reading time: 7 h. 14 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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