Three Kings : Edited by George R. R. Martin Paperback / softback

Edited by George R. R. Martin

Part of the Wild Cards series

Paperback / softback

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Description

The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R.

R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire. For decades, George R.R. Martin â€“ bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire â€“ has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe. In the aftermath of World War II, the Earthâ€™s population was devastated by an alien virus.

Those who survived were changed forever. Some, known as jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical mutations; others, granted superhuman abilities, became the lucky few known as aces. Queen Margaret, who came to the English throne after the death of her sister Elizabeth, now lies on her death-bed.

SummoningÂ the joker aceÂ Alan Turing, she urges him to seek the true heir: Elizabeth's lost son.

He was rumoured to have died as a baby but, having been born a joker, was sent into hiding. Margaret dies and her elder son Henry becomes king and at once declares he wants to make England an 'Anglo-Saxon country' and suggestsÂ jokers be sent 'to the moon'.Â Dangerous tensions begin to tear the country apart.

The Twisted Fists â€“ an organization of jokers led by the Green ManÂ -Â are becoming more militant. AndÂ Babh, goddess of war, sees opportunities to sow strife and reap bloodâ€¦ This marvellous mosaic novel, featuring the talents ofÂ Mary Anne Mohanraj,Â Peter Newman,Â Peadar Ã“Â GuilÃn,Â Melinda M.

Snodgrass andÂ Caroline Spector,Â followsÂ KNAVES OVER QUEENS â€“ the first ever Wild Cards novel set in the UK.