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And you can find even more information on wild cards books, characters, and authors on the series official site. See the complete wild cards series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Martins wild cards sharedworld seriesthere is a secret history of the worlda history in which an alien virus struck the earth in the aftermath of world war ii, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Wild card is about the tiki and ronde barber having 5 games remaining in their second year of junior high. Oct 28, 2011 martin says the book series has been optioned before but that this is the biggest step taken so far with wild cards. It has to be read on the web, but the site is formatted nicely for it.
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