Down and Dirty - Wild Cards V Author:George R. R. Martin The fifth volume in the Wild Cards alternate universe saga. — Forty years after Jetboy accidentally unleashed the alien Wild Card virus into a war-weary world, its victims, superpowered Aces and bizarre, disfigured Jokers, prepare to fight again, as the tenuous peace that reigned for four decades begins to disintegrate ... — New York City, 1986. T... more »he simmering streets of Jokertown have erupted, as gang war breaks out between ruthless rivals: the Shadow Fists and the Mafia. As the violence rages out of control, even the metahuman Aces and Jokers alike are forced to go underground and wage their own war against the powers of the netherworld!
Stories by Roger Zelazny, George R.R. Martin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Arthur Byron Cover, Leanne C. Harper, John J. Miller, Edward Bryant, Stephen Leigh, Pat Cadigan, Michael Cassutt, and Walter Jon Williams.« less