Lowball: A Wild Cards Novel (Book Two of the Mean Streets Triad)

Down in the seedy underbelly of Jokertown, residents are going missing—and it's up to a fresh lieutenant and a crew of unlikely jokers to uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the streets.

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.

When residents start disappearing from the slums of Jokertown, the authorities are unwilling to investigate. Enter a rookie lieutenant eager to prove himself and a ragtag group of jokers who take it upon themselves to get to the bottom of this mystery. But as they delve deeper into the kidnapping case, they realize the stakes are higher than they ever imagined.

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. 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.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Lowball: A Wild Cards Novel (Book Two of the Mean Streets Triad)

Down in the seedy underbelly of Jokertown, residents are going missing—and it's up to a fresh lieutenant and a crew of unlikely jokers to uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the streets.

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.

When residents start disappearing from the slums of Jokertown, the authorities are unwilling to investigate. Enter a rookie lieutenant eager to prove himself and a ragtag group of jokers who take it upon themselves to get to the bottom of this mystery. But as they delve deeper into the kidnapping case, they realize the stakes are higher than they ever imagined.

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. 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.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Lowball: A Wild Cards Novel (Book Two of the Mean Streets Triad)

Lowball: A Wild Cards Novel (Book Two of the Mean Streets Triad)

Lowball: A Wild Cards Novel (Book Two of the Mean Streets Triad)

Lowball: A Wild Cards Novel (Book Two of the Mean Streets Triad)

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Overview

Down in the seedy underbelly of Jokertown, residents are going missing—and it's up to a fresh lieutenant and a crew of unlikely jokers to uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the streets.

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.

When residents start disappearing from the slums of Jokertown, the authorities are unwilling to investigate. Enter a rookie lieutenant eager to prove himself and a ragtag group of jokers who take it upon themselves to get to the bottom of this mystery. But as they delve deeper into the kidnapping case, they realize the stakes are higher than they ever imagined.

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. 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.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781429956413
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/04/2014
Series: Wild Cards Series , #22
Sold by: Macmillan
Format: eBook
Pages: 368
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

GEORGE R. R. MARTIN is the author of the international bestselling Song of Ice and Fire, which has been adapted by HBO into the television phenomenon Game of Thrones. Martin has won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy Awards for his numerous novels and short stories.

MELINDA M. SNODGRASS has worked on staff on numerous shows in Hollywood, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, and she has written pilots and feature films. In addition to being coeditor of Wild Cards, she also writes urban fantasy under the name Phillipa Bornikova.

Table of Contents

The Big Bleed / by Michael Cassutt
Those About to Die ... / by David Anthony Durham
Galahad in Blue / Melinda M. Snodgrass
Ties That Bind / Mary Anne Mohanraj
Cry Wolf / David D. Levine
Road Kill / Walter Jon Williams
Once More, For Old Times' Sake / Carrie Vaughn
No Parking ... / Ian Tregillis

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