About this item
An original collection of interwoven short stories set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien virus mutates some and grants superpowers to others, created by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones. An alien virus ravages the world, with effects as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw an ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated.. Croyd Crenson is the Wild Card's greatest failure - and its greatest success. Dubbed "The Sleeper," he randomly undergoes hibernations that can span days, weeks, or even months. After each hibernation, he awakens with a new appearance and set of powers - sometimes a joker, sometimes an ace, and sometimes a combination of both - until exhaustion claims him and his next inevitable sleep shuffles the cards anew.
About the Author
Christopher Rowe's stories have been printed and reprinted in English and a half dozen other languages in publications around the world. He has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, and Seiun (Japan) Awards. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife, the writer Gwenda Bond, their dogs, Emma and Puck, and their cat, Hemingway. Sandstorm is his first novel.
