John J Miller
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
John J. Miller delivers the intriguing, never-before-told story of how Theodore Roosevelt saved American Football-a game that would become the nation's most popular sport. Miller's sweeping, novelistic retelling captures the violent, nearly lawless days of late 19th century football and the public outcry that would have ended the great game but for a crucial Presidential intervention. Teddy Roosevelt's championing of football led to the creation of...
Author
Publisher
Avatar Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Beneath a ruined city on a forgotten planet lies a world of plots and revenge. When Annelyn is embarrassed in front of his noble friends by the Meatbringer, he sets forth a devious plan that is meant to gain vengeance. But the terrible truth of the dire White Worm turns his ploy into folly in terrible fashion. Now the Grouns and the Worms will be revealed and Annelyn must face the horrors of what lay beneath his pampered world in the darkness below....
7) Deuces down
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this revised collection of classic Wild Cards stories, the spotlight is on the most unusual Wild Cards of them all--the Deuces, or people with minor superpowers. In Deuces Down, iconic celebrities and landmark events are seen in a whole new light, such as John Jos. Miller's exciting 1969 World Series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Dodgers; Michael Cassutt's first moon landing, when the world wasn't watching; Walter Simons' Great...
11) Down and dirty
Series
Wild cards volume 5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Let the secret history of the world be told--of the alien virus that struck Earth after World War II, and of the handful of the survivors who found they now possessed superhuman powers. Some were called Aces, endowed with powerful mental and physical prowness. The others were Jokers, tormented by bizarre mind or body disfigurements. Some served humanity. Others caused terror. And now, forty years later, as a gang war between the Shadow Fists and...
12) Dead man's hand
Author
Series
Wild cards volume VII
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, has been found brutally murdered in her popular restaurant, the Crystal Palace. New two men are out to find her killer: Jay Ackroyd, the Ace private investigator who discovered her ruined body, and the vigilante archer known as the Yeoman, who has been framed for the crime. Their quest leads them on a nightmare odyssey of madness, violence, passion, and political intrigue that will forever...
Author
Series
Wild cards volume 7
Publisher
Océano
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"Sin dejar de lado la ficción especulativa y la creación de un universo paralelo en el que abundan los superhéroes y los supervillanos con poderes sorprendentes, este volumen de la extraordinaria serie se aproxima al thriller. La novela comienza un lunes de julio y se prolonga hasta la medianoche del lunes siguiente, y gira al, rededor de la investigación sobre el asesinato violento de Chrysalis, la dueña del Crystal Palace de Jokertown. Todas...
Series
Wild cards volume 9
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Bloat, the boy-governor of the Rox, wanted to make Ellis island a safe haven for Jokers, and made a choice to recruit the Jumpers, superpowered teen outcasts who could steal a man's body in the blink of an eye. But under the leadership of Dr. Tachyon's psychotic grandson, the Jumpers grow more vicious and uncontrollable every day, becoming the greatest threat the Wild Cards have ever faced. Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R....
15) Jokers wild
Series
Wild cards volume 3
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The journey into high adventure soars on! Let the secret history of the world be told--of the alien virus that struck Earth after World War II, and of the handful of survivors who found they now possess superhuman powers. Some were called Aces, endowed with powerful mental and physical prowess. The others were Jokers, tormented by bizarre mind or body disfigurements. Some served humanity. Others wreaked terror. Now, forty years later, under the streets...
16) Aces high
Series
Wild cards volume 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and fantasy giants such as George R.R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams, and others"--
Series
Publisher
TOR, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Epic conclusion to the Rox Triad. Will the Jumpers destroy NYC? After too many disastrous raids and military embarrassments, government orders are sent for a full-out, no-holds-barred blitzkrieg against the Jumper gang and its ringleader, Bloat. As the final battle rages, the Turtle throws in the towel, Modular Man switches sides, Reflector faces defeat. Legion 'dies'-- and assassins reach Bloat's chamber. This is it folks. The final days of the...
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"It struck in the wake of World War II, a mysterious disease that killed almost 90 percent of those infected. A few of the survivors gained extraordinary powers while others were blighted with severe disabilities. Some of those afflicted chose to use their new abilities to help the human race. But some took a different path. In Aces high, it's the 1980s, but a 1980s both like and unlike our own. Now, after centuries of travel through space, an extraterrestrial...
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
They call themselves the jumpers: a vicious gang with the power to transport their minds into others; bodies, using them to commit acts of terror and violence, before abandoning them and leaving their victims to face the consequences. The jumpers' cutthroat ambition to control the Wild Card community will pit aces, jokers, and humans at odds like never before.
20) Fort Freak
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A collaborative novel reveals the world of Fort Freak, a Manhattan police precinct that is operated by mutants and superpowered agents of justice.