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1) Busted Flush
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Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer.
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 survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent...
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Wild cards volume 18
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Tor
Pub. Date
2008.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 20
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Soon to be a show on Hulu!
Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer.
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...
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Wild cards volume 20
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English
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Soon to be a show on Hulu!
Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer.
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 survived to mutate into tragically deformed...
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In 1946, an alien virus is accidentally unleashed that changes the world forever. Most of those infected die horribly, said to have drawn the Black Queen as their fated card. Ninety percent of those who survive mutate into Jokers - deformed, broken, hated, and feared. But a handful are lucky enough to become Aces, gaining superpowers that allow them to achieve almost anything the mind can conceive - both in dreams and in nightmares. Sixty years later,...
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George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards multi-author shared-world universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. Now, in addition to overseeing the ongoing publication of new Wild Cards books (like 2011's Fort Freak), Martin is also commissioning and editing new Wild Cards stories for publication on Tor.com. In Cherie Priest's "The Button Man and the Murder Tree," it's Chicago in 1971, and Raul is a button man, a professional ender of lives that...
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George R. R. Martin's bestselling Wild Cards series of a multi-author shared-world universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years.
Paul Cornell's "The Elephant in the Room", a Tor.com Original, is the tale of a young woman who can temporarily take on the superpowers of people she's near...and of the crisis this leads her into as she struggles to deal with an over controlling mother, a very strange boyfriend, and the beginning of a career.
At...
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George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards multi-author shared-world universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. Now, in addition to overseeing the ongoing publication of new Wild Cards books (like 2011's Fort Freak), Martin is also commissioning and editing new Wild Cards stories for publication on Tor.com. Daniel Abraham's "When We Were Heroes" is an affecting examination of celebrity, privacy, and the different ways people deal with notoriety...
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After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Ashtyn Parker knows that people she cares about leave without a backward glance. A football scholarship would finally give her the chance to leave. Ashtyn needs a new game plan,...
10) Lowball
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Soon to be a show on Hulu!
Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer.
Decades after an alien virus changed the course of history, the surviving population of Manhattan still struggles to understand the new world left in its wake. Natural humans share the rough city with those...
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The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. In Walter Jon Williams's "Prompt. Professional. Pop!" shows that to make it in Hollywood, it's not enough to be beautiful and talented, you've also got to take advantage of every opportunity that pops up.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
13) Wild Card Run
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KurtisP385XL47Ruth: Game Changer. Prodigal daughter. Spy.
The Cyber entities control a peaceful but static human galaxy according to strict WorldPlans. Then they detect unsanctioned developments on the low-tech planet Poindros. They force rebellious Ruth Kurtis to leave the bright lights of Casino to return to her fundamentalist homeworld as their secret agent to investigate possible Changers. For reluctant Agent Kurtis, the Cybers' threat of the...
14) Wild Crush
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Bad boy Vic Salazar breaks all the rules except one: Don't make a move on your best friend's girl. It's a Guy Code that Vic lives by. It doesn't matter that he's had a crush on her for years. Monika Fox is off limits. Monika has a secret of her own and when a tragedy throws her and Vic together, the only boy she trusts is the one she shouldn't confide in. Vic. As Vic struggles to keep his distance, and Monika struggles with her secrets, will their...
15) Discards
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The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. David D. Levine's "Discards" introduces Tiago Gonçalves, a teenager who scrapes collecting recyclables from the landfills of Rio de Janeiro. But, after the Wild Card virus infects him, he learns to build something more.
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The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. In Carrie Vaughn's "The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown," a group of teenage jokers yearn to explore outside the confines of their strange little neighborhood and get a real taste of the Big Apple.
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Die erste Generation - man nannte sie Golden Boy, Turtle oder Captain Trips, und sie waren die Helden Amerikas - Kurz nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg setzt ein wahnsinniger Wissenschaftler einen schrecklichen Virus frei. Jetboy, der größte Pilot seiner Zeit, will das Schlimmste verhindern und tritt dem Wissenschaftler am Himmel über New York in einer epischen Luftschlacht entgegen. Doch der Wild-Cards-Virus ordnet den Lauf der Geschichte bereits neu...
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The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25-years.
One act of terrorism changes the life of Michael "Drummer Boy" Vogali forever in Stephen Leigh's "The Atonement Tango." Now without his band, Joker Plague, Michael must figure out a way to re-build his life, and seek revenge.
19) Chained
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Chained is book 3 and the finale of The Wild Cards MC trilogy!
He's going to tie me down and make me scream his name.
I know exactly the kind of man he is.
No amount of tattoos, muscles, or stacks of money can change what lies underneath.
A monster.
A monster that take whatever he wants.
A monster that won't stop until he gets his way.
I should have stayed away from him.
I should've kept my distance.
But once he's got me in his bed... I'd do...
20) Dead Man's Hand
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A witty, keenly observant look at our Internet-obsessed culture.
Anna Krestler is adrift. The Internet has draped itself, kudzu-like, over her brain, which makes it even more difficult to confront the question of what to do when she is dismissed from her job as a cubicle serf at a midtown law firm. Despite the exhortations of Leslie, her friend and volunteer life coach, Anna seeks refuge in the back alleys of craigslist, where she connects with Taj,...
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