A new collection of Wild Cards stories previously published on Reactor, formerly known as Tor.com, and together in one volume for the first time!

In hardcover for the first time, this collection―edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin―brings together the Wild Cards stories that have been previously published on Reactor, formerly known as Tor.com, including works from:

Cherie Priest
Carrie Vaughn
Caroline Spector
Bradley Denton
Walton Simons
Sage Walker
Marko Kloos
Ian Tregillis
Laura J. Mixon
Alan Brennert
Emma Newman

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November 11, 2025
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Wild Cards

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Into a world hungry for peace, comes a spaceship ferrying chaos...

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An alien bomb is detonated above the planet, shedding an indiscriminate gene virus on an Earth barely recovered from the horrors of World War ll. The result: Wild Cards. ACES blessed with superhuman powers and JOKERS cursed with bizarre physical and mental disfigurements.

This is their story.

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