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Knaves over queens. (Wild cards, XXVII.) / edited by George R.R. Martin ; assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass ; written by Paul Cornell [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Wild cards (Series) ; XXVII.
- Wild cards ; XXVII
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Viruses--Fiction.
- Viruses.
- Mutation (Biology)--Fiction.
- Mutation (Biology).
- Good and evil--Fiction.
- Good and evil.
- Superheroes--Fiction.
- Superheroes.
- Supervillains--Fiction.
- Supervillains.
- England--Fiction.
- England.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 550 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Knaves over queens
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Tor, 2019, ©2018.
- Summary:
- As the alien Xenovirus reaches Britain, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, now gifted with extraordinary longevity, joins with Alan Turing to set up a special organization, the Order of the Silver Helix, to outmaneuver the terrifying mutations of the virus in Britain.
- Contents:
- A flint lies in the mud / by Kevin Andrew Murphy
- The coming of the crow / by Peadar Ó Guilín
- But a flint holds fire / by Kevin Andrew Murphy
- Needles and pins / by Caroline Spector
- Night orders / by Paul Cornell
- Police on my back / by Charles Stross
- Probationary / by Marko Kloos
- Twisted logic, part 1 / by Peter Newman
- Twisted logic part 2
- The cracks in the city / by Peadar Ó Guilín
- Twisted logic, part 3
- The ceremony of innocence / by Melinda M. Snodgrass
- How to turn a girl to stone / by Emma Newman
- The visitor / by Mark Lawrence
- Feeding on the entrails / by Peadar Ó Guilín.
- Notes:
- "A wild cards novel"--Jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9781250168061
- 1250168066
- OCLC:
- 1124736018
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