high stakes: a wild cards novel (book three of the mean streets triad)  <p><b>soon to be a show on hulu!</b> <br /><br /><b>rights to develop </b><i>wild cards</i><b> for tv have been acquired by universal cable productions, the team that brought you </b><i>the magicians</i><b> and </b><i>mr. robot</i><b>, with the co-editor of </b><i>wild cards</i><b>, melinda snodgrass as executive producer.</b> <br /><br />perfect for old fans and new readers alike, <i>high stakes</i> (<i>wild cards</i>) delves deeper into the world of aces, jokers, and the hard-boiled men and women of the fort freak police precinct in a pulpy, page-turning novel of superheroics and lovecraftian horror bu george r. r. martin and melinda m. snodgrass. <br /><br />after the concluding events of <i>lowball</i>, officer francis black of fort freak, vigilante joker marcus "the infamous black tongue" morgan, and ace thief mollie "tesseract" steunenberg get stuck in talas, kazakhstan. there, the coldblooded baba yaga forces jokers into an illegal fighting ring, but her hidden agenda is much darker: her fighters&apos; deaths serve to placate a vicious monster from another dimension. when the last line of defense against this world weakens, all hell breaks loose, literally....<br /><br />the committee in new york sends a team of aces to investigate. one by one, each falls victim to evil forces--including the dark impulses within themselves. only the perseverance of the most unlikely of heroes has a chance of saving the world before utter chaos erupts on earth. <br /><br />edited by #1 <i>new york times</i> bestselling author george r. r. martin, <i>high stakes </i>features the writing talents of melinda m. snodgrass, john jos. miller, david anthony durham, caroline spector, stephen leigh, and ian tregillis.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b><u>the wild cards universe</u><br /></b><i>the original triad<br /></i>#1 wild cards<br />#2 aces high<br />#3 jokers wild<br /><br /><i>the puppetman quartet<br /></i>#4: aces abroad<br />#5: down and dirty<br />#6: ace in the hole<br />#7: dead man’s hand<br /><br /><i>the rox triad<br /></i>#8: one-eyed jacks<br />#9: jokertown shuffle<br />#10: dealer’s choice<br /><br />#11: double solitaire<br />#12: turn of the cards<br /><br /><i>the card sharks triad<br /></i>#13: card sharks<br />#14: marked cards<br />#15: black trump<br /><br />#16: deuces down<br />#17: death draws five<br /><br /><i>the committee triad<br /></i>#18: inside straight<br />#19: busted flush<br />#20: suicide kings<br /><br /><i>the fort freak triad<br /></i>#21: fort freak<br />#22: lowball<br />#23: high stakes<br /><br /><i>the american triad<br /></i>#24: mississippi roll<br />#25: low chicago<br />#26: texas hold &apos;em <br /><br /><br />at the publisher&apos;s request, this title is being sold without digital rights management software (drm) applied.</p>