Busted Flush
, by Martin, George R. R.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781429956079 | 1429956070
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- Copyright: 4/1/2010
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.#xA0; Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures.#xA0; And one percent gained superpowers.#xA0; The Wild Cards shared-universe series, created and edited since 1987 by New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin ("The American Tolkien" -- Time magazine) along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since thenand of the heroes among the one percent. Now a new generation of heroes has taken its place on the world stage, its members crucial players in international events. At the United Nations, veteran ace John Fortune has assembled a team of young aces known as the Committee, to assist at trouble spots around the worldincluding a genocidal was in the Niger Delta, an invasion of zombies in hurricane ravaged New Orleans, and a freak nuclear explosion in a small Texas town.