WILD CARDS — JOKER MOON

The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by fantasy titan George R.R. Martin.In the aftermath of World War II the Earth’s population was devastated by a terrifying alien virus. Those who survived were changed for ever. This is the story of that world.Theodorus was a dreamer.As a child he dreamed of aeroplanes rockets and outer space. When the wild card virus touched him and transformed him into a monstrous snail centaur weighing several tons his boyhood dreams seemed out of reach but a Witherspoon is not so easily defeated. Years and decades passed and Theodorus grew to maturity and came into his fortune . . . but still his dream endured.But now when he looked upward into the night sky he saw more than just the Moon . . . he saw a joker homeland a refuge where the outcast children of the wild card could make a place of their own safe from hate and harm. An impossible dream some said. Others alarmed by the prospect brought all their power to bear to oppose him. Theodorus persisted . . .. . . never dreaming that the Moon was already inhabited. And the Moon Maid did not want company. For decades George R.R. Martin – bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire – has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe.George R.R. Martin's book 'Fire and Blood' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 24-10-2022.