<div> <div> <div>In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected.nbsp;Nine percent of those who survivednbsp;mutated into tragically deformed creatures.nbsp;And one percent gained superpowers.nbsp;The <i>Wild Cards</i> shared-universe series, created and edited since 1987 by <i>New York Times</i> #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since then--and of the heroes among that one percent.</div> <div>nbsp;</div> <div>Originally begun in 1986, long before George R. R. Martin became a household name among fantasy readers ("The American Tolkien" --<i>Time</i> magazine), the <i>Wild Cards</i> series earned a reputation among connoisseurs for its smart reimagining of the superhero idea.nbsp;Now, with <i>Inside Straight</i>, the Wild Cards continuity jumps forward to a new generation of major characters, entirely accessible to Martin's hundreds of thousands of new readers, with all-original stories by Martin himself, along with Daniel Abraham, Michael Cassutt, and Stephen Leigh, among others.</div> </div> </div>