Wild Cards: Ace in the Hole
Book 6 of Wild Cards
Language: English
American Fantasy Fantasy - General Fiction General General Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Science Fiction - General Short Stories Speculative Fiction United States scifi
Publisher: UNKNO
Published: Jan 1, 1990
Description:
Since a strange alien virus created the superhuman beings known as Aces and Jokers four decades ago, they have struggled for respect and recognition. Now they are key players in a presidential convention torn by hatred and dissent as assassins stalk the halls of the convention and one of the candidates plans to use his secret Wild Card power for evil.
Travel on a journey of intrigue and adventure in this collaborative novel edited by GEORGE R. R. MARTIN and written by five of science fiction's most imaginative talents: STEPHEN LEIGH, VICTOR MILAN, WALTON SIMONS, MELINDA M. SNODGRASS, WALTER JON WILLIAMS
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.
SUMMARY: 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.
In the Omni convention center of 1988 Atlanta, a fanatical religious leader vows to crush the rights of all Wild Cards, a hidden Ace wields a terrifying power to determine the outcome of the convention, and a handful of Aces and Jokers struggle for control of a nation. Reprint.
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