# Wild Cards: Busted Flush

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- Book: [Wild Cards: Busted Flush](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-rr-martin/wild-cards-busted-flush) ([Wild Cards: Busted Flush.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-rr-martin/wild-cards-busted-flush.md))
- Authors: [George RR Martin](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-rr-martin)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-05-7513-420-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2013-07-11
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A GAME OF THRONES In the six decades since the alien plague known as the Wild Card virus spread a wave of mutations around the globe, humanity has begun to come to terms with its consequences. Grotesque half-human creatures known as 'jokers' inhabit an underworld of their own, while the legendary prodigies known as 'aces' have become real-world superheroes, complete with colourful names and costumes. Now a new generation of aces has taken its place on the world stage, becoming crucial players in international events. At the United Nations, veteran ace John Fortune has assembled a team of young heroes, known as The Committee, to assist at trouble spots around the world - including an invasion of zombies in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, a freak nuclear explosion in a small Texas town, and a fateful showdown with the forces of the oil-rich Islamic caliphate in the Middle East. But The Committee's opponents have their own aces and jokers ready to do battle, including a Marxist revolutionary, a brutal mercenary, a young boy with apocalyptic powers and - most terrifyingly of all - a sinister arm of the FBI known as SCARE.