Lowball (Wild Cards Mosaic) - Tapa dura

"Perhaps the most original and provocative of the shared worlds books."
--Peter S. Beagle, author of "The Last Unicorn
""Emotionally powerful. "Wild Cards" deals up the variety of short fiction without losing the continuity of a novel." --"Seattle Times
""A delightfully imaginative speculation." --"Toronto Star"

Praise for the "Wild Cards" series:
"The shared-world series known as Wild Cards has had a long and illustrious history of contributors and achievements."--SciFi.com

Perhaps the most original and provocative of the shared worlds books. "Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn"

Emotionally powerful. "Wild Cards" deals up the variety of short fiction without losing the continuity of a novel. "Seattle Times"

A delightfully imaginative speculation. "Toronto Star"

The shared-world series known as Wild Cards has had a long and illustrious history of contributors and achievements. "SciFi.com""

Perhaps the most original and provocative of the shared worlds books. Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn

Emotionally powerful. Wild Cards deals up the variety of short fiction without losing the continuity of a novel. Seattle Times

A delightfully imaginative speculation. Toronto Star

The shared-world series known as Wild Cards has had a long and illustrious history of contributors and achievements. SciFi.com

Now in development for TV: Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer.

Decades after an alien virus changed the course of history, the surviving population of Manhattan still struggles to understand the new world left in its wake. Natural humans share the rough city with those given extraordinary—and sometimes terrifying—traits. While most manage to coexist in an uneasy peace, not everyone is willing to adapt. Down in the seedy underbelly of Jokertown, residents are going missing. The authorities are unwilling to investigate, except for a fresh lieutenant looking to prove himself and a collection of unlikely jokers forced to take matters into their own hands—or tentacles. The deeper into the kidnapping case these misfits and miscreants get, the higher the stakes are raised.

Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and acclaimed author Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lowball is the latest mosaic novel in the acclaimed Wild Cards universe, featuring original fiction by Carrie Vaughn, Ian Tregillis, David Anthony Durham, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Mary Anne Mohanraj, David D. Levine, Michael Cassutt, and Walter John Williams.

Perfect for old fans and new readers alike, Lowball delves deeper into the world of aces, jokers, and the hard-boiled men and women of the Fort Freak police precinct in a pulpy, page-turning novel of superheroics and mystery.