New in new dust jacket. SIGNED by editor George RR Martin on the second free endpaper (signature only). Stated 1st printing. New, unread copy with dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. A Wildcards novel. Martin is the Hugo Award-, Nebula Award-, Bram Stoker Award-, World Fantasy Award-, Premio Ignotus-, Locus Award-, and Primetime Emmy Award-winning author of the Tales of Dunk and Egg prequel series and the Song of Ice and Fire series. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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Title: George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle: A Novel in Stories [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
Publisher: Bantam
Publication Date: 2024
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0593357833
ISBN 13: 9780593357835
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: SIGNED by editor(s)

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An original collection of interwoven short stories set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien virus mutates some and grants superpowers to others, created by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones

An alien virus ravages the world, with effects as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw an ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated.

Croyd Crenson is the Wild Card's greatest failure--and its greatest success. Dubbed "The Sleeper," he randomly undergoes hibernations that can span days, weeks, or even months. After each hibernation, he awakens with a new appearance and set of powers--sometimes a joker, sometimes an ace, and sometimes a combination of both--until exhaustion claims him and his next inevitable sleep shuffles the cards anew. Ever since his initial infection in 1946, he's awoken in a singular body--until now. His latest awakening has left him split into six different incarnations, each of them a self-contained piece of the original and each with a unique look and ability.

One of them, at least, recognizes this for the disaster that it is, and tasks the clever and elusive Tesla--a joker with ace powers--to locate and gather the remaining five versions of himself before sleep claims them again and leaves Croyd permanently fractured.

What follows is a journey through Croyd's long and colorful life, through the lens of some who have encountered the world's most unusual wild carder. And as Tesla delves deeper into the investigation, he'll have to work fast, because not every Croyd is as amiable as the first--and they'll do whatever it takes to survive.

Featuring stories from:
Christopher Rowe - Carrie Vaughn - Cherie Priest - William F. Wu - Walter Jon Williams - Stephen Leigh - Mary Anne Mohanraj - Max Gladstone - Edited by George R. R. Martin - Assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass

About the Author

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including those of the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire--A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons--as well as related works such as Fire & Blood, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The World of Ice & Fire, and Rise of the Dragon (the last two with Elio M. Garc�a, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). Other novels and collections include Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with his lovely wife, Parris, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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