Knaves Over Queens: A Wild Cards novel

Resumen del libro

Developed by aliens and field-tested on Earth, the virus known as Xenovirus Takis-A was released in New York in 1946, changing the course of human history forever. Most of those infected die ? and a tiny percentage become deformed beings known as jokers. A lucky few survivors become aces: superhumans gifted with amazing powers. Now the virus has reached Britain.

There, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, gifted with extraordinary longevity, together with the Enigma ace Alan Turing, set up a special organization named the Order of the Silver Helix. They will need all of the wild cards they can find if they are to deal with the terrifying mutations spawned by the virus.

Edited by 1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass, Knaves Over Queens features the writing talents of Paul Cornell, Marko Kloos, Mark Lawrence, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Emma Newman, Peter Newman, Peadar O Guilin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Caroline Spector, and Charles Stross.

Now in development for TV: Rights to develop Wild Cards have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team behind The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass, as executive producer.

Biografía del autor

George R. R Martin es escritor profesional desde 1979, se graduó de periodismo en la Northwestern University, y vive en Nuevo México. Es el autor de la afamada serie de fantasía épica Canción de hielo y fuego, en la que se ha basado la serie de HBO, Juego de Tronos. Ha ganado diversos premios literarios, entre ellos: cuatro premios Hugo, dos Nebula, seis Locus Awards, el Bram Stoker, el World Fantasy Award, el Dedalus, Balrog y el Daikon.