Knaves Over Queens Audiobook (Free)

The return from the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, writer of A Song of Snow and Fire

For many years, George R.R. Martin – bestselling writer of A Track of Glaciers and Fire – has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to make the amazing Wild Cards universe.

In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth’s population was devastated with a terrifying alien virus. Those who survived had been transformed for about Knaves Over Queens ever. Some, known as Jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical deformities; others, granted superhuman skills, are referred to as Aces. Now the virus has already reached Britain…

Queen Margaret rules over a nation in which such legendary statistics as Herne the Hunter, Spring-heeled Jack and Babh, the goddess of battle, roam at will. Her Perfect Minister, Sir Winston Churchill – gifted with extraordinary longevity – together with the Enigma ace – Alan Turing – setup a special company named the Purchase of the Silver Helix. They’ll need all the outrageous cards they are able to find if they’re to deal with the terrifying mutations tossed up with the virus.

KNAVES OVER QUEENS – the initial ever Wild Cards novel occur the united kingdom, and a perfect jumping-in point for readers not used to this shared world – includes a stunning assortment of original tales from such luminaries of the world of science fiction and dream as Paul Cornell, Marko Kloos, Mark Lawrence, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Emma Newman, Peter Newman, Peadar O Guilin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Caroline Spector and Charles Stross.