Suicide Kings

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From Publishers WeeklyThe 20th Wild Cards shared-universe novel (after 2008's Busted Flush), written by six authors, continues developing an alternate present while killing off characters right and left. An alien virus released in 1946 killed 90% of humanity and turned 1% of the rest into superpowered aces. Now many aces, like Noel Double Helix Matthews, want out of the superhero gig, but they reunite to challenge evil idealist Tom The Radical Weathers, possibly the world's most powerful ace. Noel and his comrades also discover children forced into experiments that will make ace soldiers of a few, while being horrendously lethal for the rest. Martin and his stable of authors have created a relentless story that will appeal to readers who like action gritty to the point of ruthlessness, cynical politics and only fragile bubbles of hope. (Dec.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistThe latest Wild Cards anthology-novel is even grimmer than its predecessors, thanks to the choice of Africa as principal setting, for the Wild Cards’ Africa is much grimmer than its counterpart in our world, thanks to greater use of child soldiers, killing and being killed in abundance and devastating the future prospects of their homelands. The Wild Cards (most of them represented here in one story or another) have their hands full and their powers strained to the limit by the sheer magnitude of the conflicts, but make at least a little progress. They also give readers more intelligent entertainment. --Roland Green