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Low Chicago
Wild Cards (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- William Hope
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 April 2019
- Run Time
- 17 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction, Fantasy
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The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
The American Triad Series
#1: Mississippi Roll
#2: Low Chicago
#3: Texas Hold 'Em
A time for crime has come.
The stakes where already high enough at Giovanni Galante’s poker table that night in Chicago. Poker. Dealer’s choice. Seven players. A million-dollar cash buy-in.
But after a superpowered disaster, the most high-profile criminals in the city are scattered throughout the past and their schemes across time threaten the stability of the world.
Featuring a fresh cast of characters, the latest tale set in George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards universe is a time travel adventure that leads to the criminal underworld of 1920s Chicago.
Includes a brilliant collection of original stories from such giants of the world of science fiction and fantasy as Saladin Ahmed, Paul Cornell, Marko Kloos, John Jos. Miller, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Christopher Rowe and Melinda M. Snodgrass.
Critics Review
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PRAISE FOR THE WILD CARDS SERIES:
“Deep and complex”
Starburst“Perhaps the most original and provocative of the shared worlds books.”
Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn"Martin has assembled an impressive array of writers. . . . Progressing through the decades, Wild Cards keeps its momentum to the end."
Locus"The shared-world series known as Wild Cards has had a long and illustrious history of contributors and achievements." SciFi.com
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Details
- Author
- Edited by George R.R. Martin
- Narrator
- William Hope
- Duration
- 17 hours
- Release Date
- 18 April 2019
- ISBN
- 9780008239671
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Science fiction, Fantasy
Synopsis
The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series. The American Triad Series #1: Mississippi Roll #2: Low Chicago #3: Texas Hold 'Em A time for crime has come. The stakes where already high enough at Giovanni Galante’s poker table that night in Chicago. Poker. Dealer’s choice. Seven players. A million-dollar cash buy-in. But after a superpowered disaster, the most high-profile criminals in the city are scattered throughout the past and their schemes across time threaten the stability of the world. Featuring a fresh cast of characters, the latest tale set in George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards universe is a time travel adventure that leads to the criminal underworld of 1920s Chicago. Includes a brilliant collection of original stories from such giants of the world of science fiction and fantasy as Saladin Ahmed, Paul Cornell, Marko Kloos, John Jos. Miller, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Christopher Rowe and Melinda M. Snodgrass.
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