Lowball

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.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.The Wild Cards UniverseThe Original Triad#1 Wild Cards#2 Aces High#3 Jokers WildThe Puppetman Quartet#4: Aces Abroad#5: Down and Dirty#6: Ace in the Hole#7: Dead Man’s HandThe Rox Triad#8: One-Eyed Jacks#9: Jokertown Shuffle#10: Dealer’s Choice#11: Double Solitaire#12: Turn of the CardsThe Card Sharks Triad#13: Card Sharks#14: Marked Cards#15: Black Trump#16: Deuces Down#17: Death Draws FiveThe Committee Triad#18: Inside Straight#19: Busted Flush#20: Suicide KingsThe Fort Freak Triad#21: Fort Freak#22: Lowball#23: High StakesThe American Triad#24: Mississippi Roll#25: Low Chicago#26: Texas Hold ''Em