Let the secret history of the world become told-of the alien computer virus that struck Globe after World War II, and of the handful of the survivors who found they today possessed superhuman capabilities. Some were known as Aces, endowed with effective mental and physical prowess. The others were Jokers, tormented by bizarre mind or body disfigurements. Some offered humanity. Others triggered terror. And now, forty years later, being a gang battle between the Shadow Fists and the mafia rages out of control in the roads of about Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty Jokertown, Aces and Jokers proceed underground–to wage their own war against the capabilities of the netherworld.

Here, in the fifth volume of the exciting series, ten of research fiction’s most gifted authors take readers on the journey of question and excitement within an astounding alternate background.

Offering the talents of John J. Miller, Roger Zelazny, Leanne C. Harper, Arthur Byron Cover, Melina C. Snodgrass, Edward Bryant, Stephen Leigh, Pat Cadigan, Walter Jon Williams, and George R. R. Martin.

Read by a complete cast of narrators:

Raphael Sbarge

Sean Astin

Roy Dotrice

Lina Esco

Ray Porter

Scott Brick

Jake Weber

Adrian Paul

Felicia Day

Erin Bennett

Yasmine Barghouty

Jordan Prentice

Clancy Brown

Stephen McHattie

Emily Rankin