Книга: «Aces Abroad»
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Производитель: "Tor" Серия: "Wild Cards" `The action-packed alternate fantasy returns for a new generation, featuring fiction from 1 New York Timesbestselling author George R. R. Martin, Michael Cassutt, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lewis Shiner, and more - plus two completely new stories from Kevin Andrew Murphy and bestselling author Carrie Vaughn. Forty years after the Wild Card Virus`s release, the World Health Organization decides it`s time to take a delegation of Aces, Jokers, politicians, and journalists on a fact-finding mission to learn how other countries are dealing with the virus that reshaped humanity. Leading the team is Gregg Hartmann, a senator with presidential aspirations and a dangerous ace up his sleeve. Joining him is a menagerie of some of the series` best and most popular Wild Cards, including Dr. Tachyon, aces Peregrine and Golden Boy, and jokers Chrysalis, Troll, and Father Squid. From the jungles of Haiti and Peru to the tumultuous political climate of Egypt, from a monastery in Japan to the... ISBN:9780765335586 Издательство: "Tor" (2015)
ISBN: 9780765335586 |
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Tor Tor, n. [AS. torr; cf. Gael. torr. Cf. {Tower}.]
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1. A tower; a turret. [R.] --Ray.
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2. High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle. [Prov. Eng.]
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A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
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| Martin George R.R. | Wild Cards. Aces Abroad | Return to the early days of the Wild Cards series, as a group of super-powered Aces set off on a fact-finding tour of the world Ever since the Wild Card virus spread across New York, people have… — Orion Books, - Подробнее... | 2014 | 869 | бумажная книга |
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