Wild Cards XII: Turn of the Cards

A thrilling standalone novel in the acclaimed Wild Cards series, where superpowered heroes and villains clash in a world forever changed by an alien virus. Pursued by the CIA, the DEA, and the Wild Card mistress of the winds, Mistral, renegade biochemist Mark Meadows uses the three personalities buried in his psyche to outwit his pursuers. Fleeing across Europe and Asia, Mark meets a Vietnam veteran with an astounding plan—to lead an army of jokers in a war of conquest. Caught between jokers who