Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Annie Proulx's That Old Ace in the Hole is told through the eyes of Bob Dollar, a young Denver man tryingto make good in a bad world. Dollar is out of college but aimless, when he takes a job with Global Pork Rind -- his task to locate big spreads of lan
Ace in the Hole
โ Scribed by Martin, George R. R.
- Publisher
- iBooks;Bantam Books
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Continuing the best-sage alternate universe series edited by George R.R. Martin, the sixth volume in the Wild Cards saga is set in Atlanta of 1988. Terror stalks the halls of the Omni convention center. For a fanatical religious leader has vowed to crush the rights of all Wild Cards, and a hidden Ace wields a terrifying power to determine the outcome of the convention. Against this backdrop of passion and intrigue, a handful of Aces and Jokers struggle for control of a nation.
Features stories by Walton Simons, Victor Milan, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Stephen Leigh, and Walter Jon Williams.
Library : Science Fiction
Universes : Wild Cards [06]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780743458375
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