Aces Abroad (Wild Cards, Book 4)
by George R.R. Martin
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Author: George R.R. MartinEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1988-05-01
ISBN: 055327628X
Publisher: Spectra
Book Reviews of Aces Abroad (Wild Cards, Book 4)
Book Review: Super Reader
Summary: 5 Stars
Politics come to the forefront in the fourth Wild Cards book, as the World Health Organisation organises a fact finding junket to find out what impact the Wild Card Virus is having around the world.
There is also a story with an Australian flavor, "Down In The Dreamtime".
Senator Gregg Hartman, secretly 'Puppetman', a mind controlling ace. Along with his own plotting, his is caught up in violence and the plans of Ti Malice, a joker/ace with control powers of its own.
Wild Cards 04 : 01 The Tint of Hatred Prologue - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 04 : 02 The Journal of Xavier Desmond November 30 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 03 The Tint of Hatred One - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 04 : 04 The Journal of Xavier Desmond December 01 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 05 Beasts of Burden - John J. Miller
Wild Cards 04 : 06 The Journal of Xavier Desmond December 08 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 07 The Tint of Hatred Two - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 04 : 08 Blood Rights - Leanne C. Harper
Wild Cards 04 : 09 The Journal of Xavier Desmond December 15 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 10 The Tint of Hatred Three - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 04 : 11 The Journal of Xavier Desmond December 29 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 12 The Tint of Hatred Four - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 04 : 13 The Journal of Xavier Desmond January 16 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 14 Down by the Nile - Gail Gerstner-Miller
Wild Cards 04 : 15 The Journal of Xavier Desmond January 30 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 16 The Tint of Hatred Five - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 04 : 17 The Journal of Xavier Desmond February 07 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 18 The Teardrop of India - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 04 : 19 Down in the Dreamtime - Edward Bryant
Wild Cards 04 : 20 The Journal of Xavier Desmond March 14 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 21 Zero Hour - Lewis Shiner
Wild Cards 04 : 22 The Journal of Xavier Desmond March 21 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 23 The Journal of Xavier Desmond April 10 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 04 : 24 Puppets - Victor W. Mil?n
Wild Cards 04 : 25 Mirror of the Soul - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 04 : 26 Legends - Michael Cassutt
Wild Cards 04 : 27 The Journal of Xavier Desmond April 27 - George R. R. Martin
Sister spots Succubus via Hartmann on tv.
3.5 out of 5
Considers his cancer and the WHO tour.
3 out of 5
Nur's family discussions of ambition, and Hartmann meets a Morgenstern ghost.
3.5 out of 5
The Deck is Stacked.
4 out of 5
Ti Malice gets a lift in Haiti.
5 out of 5
Discusses poet's political putdown and departure, and the minimal joker tour representation.
4 out of 5
Yucatan joker sacrifice news as Sara digs further at Hartmann.
4 out of 5
Mayan Hero Twins' powers seen as religious calling, put to good military use.
4 out of 5
Pondering the Guatemalan joker nation, and the possibilities of a Wild Card in politics.
4 out of 5
The dangers of Rio as Puppetman is loose, and the Nur's hero is impotent.
4 out of 5
Golden Boy not popular in Argentina.
3 out of 5
Sara comes across multiple apartheid.
3 out of 5
Ace powers can't stop droughts or AIDS.
3.5 out of 5
Pregnant Peregrine's power loss means she is no help during an attack on the Egyptian Living Gods. Father revealed.
4 out of 5
Jerusalem Jokertown horrible, as Xavier meets with the Black Dog and talks about opposing the Nur's fanatics.
3.5 out of 5
Puppetman scared as Hartmann feels the Nur's power, and violence erupts.
4 out of 5
Desmond and Braun visit monuments to heroes.
3.5 out of 5
Jayewardene makes surprising discovery about the identity of the King Kong now in Colombo.
4 out of 5
Cajun Cordelia, media girl, gets Dreamtime adventure with Wyungare.
4 out of 5
Paparazzi punchout, as Australia proves a pleasant change.
3 out of 5
Fortunato helps Hiram and others out of Yakuza ace problem.
3.5 out of 5
Jokertown sexual self-loathing.
3.5 out of 5
Desmond wonder what became of the Envoy and his secret peace work.
3.5 out of 5
Mackie the Knife and Gimli the dwarf come for Hartmann. Lucky for some of the others the Harlem Hammer was around.
4 out of 5
Tach and Jack have to come to an understanding France over bombs and Blaise.
3.5 out of 5
Cold war spooks and aces linger.
4 out of 5
A last message as tempers fray at the end of the tour.
3.5 out of 5
Summary of Aces Abroad (Wild Cards, Book 4)
What would our world be like if superhuman heroes and villains had been real flesh-and-blood men and women who lived through the 20th century's most turbulent history? In Wild Cards 4: Aces Abroad, a fact-finding mission seeks the truth about how Wild Cards are treated in other nations. From the jungles of Haiti to the Great Wall of China and behind the Iron Curtain, the Wild Cards team investigates the fate of their fellow Aces and Jokers everywhere.
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