Wild Cards II: Aces High
Format: audiobook
ASIN: B006O51XC4
Publish date: December 20th 2011
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Minutes: 15
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Anthologies,
Speculative Fiction,
Short Stories,
Alternate History,
Comics,
Superheroes,
Fiction
Another fantastic book in this series. It didn't feel as episodic as the first book; the storyline sticks very close to the main antagonism. A great read for fans of neuvo pulp scifi.
The second Wild Cards is much more focused the first with a tight, central plot revolving around the threat posed by an alien race known as the Swarm. I didn't like this one quite as much as the first book. Possibly because the writers didn't have as much free reign with their stories and characte...
In the second book of this shared-world series, the authors introduce a new Big Bad (the Astronomer) and a threat to the world -- the alien Swarm. Basically a novelized form of the cross-over "Big Event" that most comic book companies do from time to time, where some major threat affects every serie...
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