American Hero
In this satirical companion novel to Inside Straight, superheroes compete on a reality TV series in an alternate United States.
American Hero, the nation's most highly anticipated competition show, kicks off its first season! People with incredible powers—from possessing death-defying healing to transforming into an insect swarm to shifting the earth itself—have been selected from all walks of life. Their goal: to win one million dollars and the admiration of millions more viewers by answering one question,
"Do you have what it takes to be the next American Hero?"
Contains week-by-week action-packed recaps and no-holds-bars contestant confessionals, all edited by New York Times #1 bestselling author George R. R. Martin. Features writing by Martin as well as Carrie Vaughn, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Walter Jon Williams, Victor Milan, Daniel Abraham, Stephen Leigh, and many more of the genre's most innovative writers.
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American Hero
In this satirical companion novel to Inside Straight, superheroes compete on a reality TV series in an alternate United States.
American Hero, the nation's most highly anticipated competition show, kicks off its first season! People with incredible powers—from possessing death-defying healing to transforming into an insect swarm to shifting the earth itself—have been selected from all walks of life. Their goal: to win one million dollars and the admiration of millions more viewers by answering one question,
"Do you have what it takes to be the next American Hero?"
Contains week-by-week action-packed recaps and no-holds-bars contestant confessionals, all edited by New York Times #1 bestselling author George R. R. Martin. Features writing by Martin as well as Carrie Vaughn, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Walter Jon Williams, Victor Milan, Daniel Abraham, Stephen Leigh, and many more of the genre's most innovative writers.
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American Hero

American Hero

by George R. R. Martin (Editor)
American Hero

American Hero

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Overview

In this satirical companion novel to Inside Straight, superheroes compete on a reality TV series in an alternate United States.
American Hero, the nation's most highly anticipated competition show, kicks off its first season! People with incredible powers—from possessing death-defying healing to transforming into an insect swarm to shifting the earth itself—have been selected from all walks of life. Their goal: to win one million dollars and the admiration of millions more viewers by answering one question,
"Do you have what it takes to be the next American Hero?"
Contains week-by-week action-packed recaps and no-holds-bars contestant confessionals, all edited by New York Times #1 bestselling author George R. R. Martin. Features writing by Martin as well as Carrie Vaughn, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Walter Jon Williams, Victor Milan, Daniel Abraham, Stephen Leigh, and many more of the genre's most innovative writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780765396402
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Publication date: 07/02/2024
Series: The Wild Cards Novels
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 207
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

About The Author
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN is the author of the acclaimed, internationally bestselling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which is the basis of HBO's popular Game of Thrones television series. Martin has won multiple science fiction awards, including four Hugos, two Nebulas, the Bram Stoker, the Locus Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Daedelus, the Balrog, and the Daikon (Japanese Hugo).

Hometown:

Santa Fe, NM

Date of Birth:

September 20, 1948

Place of Birth:

Bayonne, NJ

Education:

B.S., Northwestern University, 1970; M.S., Northwestern University, 1971
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