Expanded Edition

✍ Scribed by Martin, George R. R.; Wild Cards Trust

• Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 55 B
• Edition: First
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Soon to be a TV show on Hulu!

Back in print after a decade, expanded with new original material, this is 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 survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces―those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others were termed 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.

Originally published in 1987, Wild Cards I includes powerful tales by Roger Zelazny, Walter Jon Williams, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George R. R. Martin himself. And this new, 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 and novelist Michael Cassutt, and New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.

Now in development for TV!

2 Aces High

3 Jokers Wild

The Puppetman Quartet

5: Down and Dirty

6: Ace in the Hole

7: Dead Man’s Hand

The Rox Triad

9: Jokertown Shuffle

10: Dealer’s Choice

11: Double Solitaire

12: Turn of the Cards

The Card Sharks Triad

14: Marked Cards

15: Black Trump

16: Deuces Down

17: Death Draws Five

The Committee Triad

19: Busted Flush

20: Suicide Kings

The Fort Freak Triad

22: Lowball

23: High Stakes

The American Triad

25: Low Chicago

26: Texas Hold 'Em

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