Back in 1987, George R. R. Martin created the Wild Cards shared universe. Since then, 29 books throughout novels, graphic novels, and anthologies have been printed from quite a lot of authors. This July, the most recent entry launches. Wild Cards: Now and Then: A Graphic Novel comes from author Carrie Vaugh (Questland) and artist Renae De Liz (The Legend of Wonder Woman). This story sounds prefer it might be a whole lot of enjoyable.
In 1946, an alien virus ravaged the world, its outcomes as random as a hand of playing cards. Those contaminated both draw the black queen and die, draw an ace and obtain superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated.
Over a 12 months in the past, the U.N.’s Committee for Extraordinary Interventions despatched ace heroes Ana Cortez and Kate Brandt—Earth Witch and Curveball—to Brazil to analyze Aurora Mission, a charity that claimed to offer training and medical look after these affected by the Wild Card virus. But native ace and activist Gabriel Silva reported abuses. Ana and Kate helped him get to the reality, which turned out to be way more sinister than anybody anticipated.
Ana and Kate thought that case was closed, however now, a Brazilian official has questions. Did they do the appropriate factor, or overreach their authority? The case amply demonstrates that, even in a world of unimaginable powers, there’ll at all times be victims.
I’m new to the world of Wild Cards, however principally, all of the books happen in a world the place “an alien virus that rewrites human DNA leaving some people mutated and deformed while others gained superpowers. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw an ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated.” This sounds very a lot up my alley. I’m additionally stunned that they aren’t being became a sequence or movie franchise.
You can learn Wild Cards: Now and Then beginning July 25 out of your favourite bookstores with an MSRP of $28.99 for the hardcover. Are you excited for Wild Cards: Now and Then? What’s your favourite entry within the Wild Cards universe?
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