Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad: Book One of the Puppetman Quartet

Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad: Book One of the Puppetman Quartet

<p><b>Now in development for TV: Rights to develop <i>Wild Cards</i> for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you <i>The Magicians</i> and <i>Mr. Robot</i>, with the co-editor of<i>Wild Cards</i>, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer.</b></p><p>The action-packed alternate fantasy returns for a new generation, featuring fiction from #1 <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author George R. R. Martin, Michael Cassutt, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lewis Shiner, and more―plus two completely new stories from Kevin Andrew Murphy and bestselling author Carrie Vaughn. </p><p>Forty years after the Wild Card Virus's release, the World Health Organization decides it's time to take a delegation of Aces, Jokers, politicians, and journalists on a fact-finding mission to learn how other countries are dealing with the virus that reshaped humanity. Leading the team is Gregg Hartmann, a senator with presidential aspirations and a dangerous ace up his sleeve. Joining him is a menagerie of some of the series' best and most popular Wild Cards, including Dr. Tachyon, aces Peregrine and Golden Boy, and jokers Chrysalis, Troll, and Father Squid.</p><p>From the jungles of Haiti and Peru to the tumultuous political climate of Egypt, from a monastery in Japan to the streets of the most glamorous cities of Europe, the Wild Cards are in for an eye-opening trip. While some are worshiped as actual gods, those possessing the most extreme mutations are treated with a contempt that's all too familiar to the delegates from Jokertown. New alliances will be formed, new enemies will be made, and some actions will fulfill centuries-old prophecies that make ripples throughout the future of the Wild Cards universe.</p>