Wild Cards V Down and Dirty, George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards V Down and Dirty, George R. R. Martin
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Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty

Author: George R. R. Martin

Narrator: Various

Unabridged: 21 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2016


Synopsis

Let the secret history of the world be told-of the alien virus that struck Earth after World War II, and of the handful of the survivors who found they now possessed superhuman powers. Some were called Aces, endowed with powerful mental and physical prowess. The others were Jokers, tormented by bizarre mind or body disfigurements. Some served humanity. Others caused terror. And now, forty years later, as a gang war between the Shadow Fists and the mafia rages out of control in the streets of Jokertown, Aces and Jokers go underground--to wage their own war against the powers of the netherworld.

Here, in the fifth volume of the exciting series, ten of science fiction's most gifted writers take readers on a journey of wonder and excitement in an astounding alternate history.

Featuring the talents of John J. Miller, Roger Zelazny, Leanne C. Harper, Arthur Byron Cover, Melina C. Snodgrass, Edward Bryant, Stephen Leigh, Pat Cadigan, Walter Jon Williams, and George R. R. Martin.

Read by a full cast of narrators:
Raphael Sbarge
Sean Astin
Roy Dotrice
Lina Esco
Ray Porter
Scott Brick
Jake Weber
Adrian Paul
Felicia Day
Erin Bennett
Yasmeen Barghouty
Jordan Prentice
Clancy Brown
Stephen McHattie
Emily Rankin

About The Author

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Baal Of

That's more like it. This volume is a major improvement over the previous volume, which I found a bit tedious at some points. This brings the action back to New York, specifically Jokertown and environs, and the action is fast an furious, violent, bloody, and with heaping doses of death. Zelazny is......more

Goodreads review by Rafal

Po bardzo dobrej "Wyprawie asów", w piątym - a zarazem drugim z trylogii, której głównym antagonistą jest Gregg Hartmann / Lalkarz - otrzymujemy kolejny znakomity tom tej specyficznej serii powieści "mozaikowych". W "Brudnych grach" wracamy na dobrze znane tereny Nowego Jorku a zwłaszcza jej dzielnic......more

Goodreads review by Martin

Петата книга от поредицата се развива веднага (или съвсем скоро) след края на предишната и прибирането на обиколилите света хора и не-хора. В Ню Йорк едновременно си появяват два големи проблема. Избухва кървава война между Сенчестите юмруци и Мафията. Появява се нов, мутирал щам на вируса, от който......more