Down and Dirty (Wild Cards, Book 5)

Down and Dirty (Wild Cards, Book 5)
by George R.R. Martin

Down and Dirty (Wild Cards, Book 5)
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Author: George R.R. Martin
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1988-11-01
ISBN: 0553274635
Number of pages: 318
Publisher: Spectra

Book Reviews of Down and Dirty (Wild Cards, Book 5)

Book Review: Super Reader
Summary: 5 Stars

Down and Dirty is down and dirty in a criminal sense. Apart from the continuing depredations of Puppetman and Ti Malice, there is a gang war on. This is between the mafia and an asian group. Bagabond and her friend Rosemary Muldoon, a lawyer with a secret identity as a mafioso leader, become intimately involved with their friend Sewer Jack, the werealligator.

While Yeoman and the aforementioned deal with the gang situation, another Wild Card outbreak happens thanks to Croyd Crenson and one of his new forms. This version of the virus can affect even previous Wild Card victims, so an ace posse must try and stop him without killing him.

Wild Cards 05 : 01 Only the Dead Know Jokertown - John J. Miller
Wild Cards 05 : 02 All the King's Horses 1 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 03 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 1 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 04 Breakdown - Leanne C. Harper
Wild Cards 05 : 05 All the King's Horses 2 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 06 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 2 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 07 Jesus Was an Ace - Arthur Byron Cover
Wild Cards 05 : 08 All the King's Horses 3 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 09 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 3 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 10 All the King's Horses 4 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 11 Blood Ties 1 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 12 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 4 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 13 The Second Coming of Buddy Holley - Edward Bryant
Wild Cards 05 : 14 Blood Ties 2 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 15 All the King's Horses 5 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 16 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 5 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 17 The Hue of a Mind - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 05 : 18 Blood Ties 3 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 19 Addicted to Love - Pat Cadigan
Wild Cards 05 : 20 Takedown - Leanne C. Harper
Wild Cards 05 : 21 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 6 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 22 Blood Ties 4 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 23 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 7 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 24 Blood Ties 5 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 25 All the King's Horses 6 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 26 Mortality - Walter Jon Williams
Wild Cards 05 : 27 Blood Ties 6 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 28 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 8 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 29 What Rough Beast... - Leanne C. Harper
Wild Cards 05 : 30 Only the Dead Know Jokertown Epilogue - John J. Miller
Wild Cards 05 : 31 All the King's Horses 7 - George R. R. Martin


Summary of Down and Dirty (Wild Cards, Book 5)

WILD CARDS V: DOWN AND DIRTY

George R.R. Martin, ed.


The fifth volume in the Wild Cards alternate universe saga is set in the New York City of 1986. The simmering streets of Jokertown have erupted, as gang war breaks out between ruthless rivals: the Shadow Fists and the Mafia. As the violence rages out of control, even the metahuman Aces and Jokers alike are forced to go underground and wage their own war against the powers of the netherworld!


. The fifth volume of the reissued "shared world" superhero series created by current New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin.

. First trade paperback edition!

. Features stories by ROGER ZELAZNY, MELINDA M. SNODGRASS, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, and ARTHUR BYRON COVER.

. Cover art by internationally acclaimed artist BRIAN BOLLAND.

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