{"id":4813,"date":"2018-06-28T08:40:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T08:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=4813"},"modified":"2018-06-26T19:40:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T19:40:04","slug":"knaves-over-queens-now-available-well-in-the-uk-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2018\/06\/28\/knaves-over-queens-now-available-well-in-the-uk-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Knaves Over Queens NOW AVAILABLE, well in the UK anyway ;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is Minion Raya speaking, here to share some Wild Cards news on behalf of GRRM.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s June 28th and Harper Collins is releasing the Wild \u00a0Cards world on the United Kingdom!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s right- it\u2019s Aces and Jokers across the pond. Knaves Over Queens will only be available in the UK until next year around this time when it will be released in the USA.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>KNAVES OVER QUEENS, is the first ever Wild Cards novel set in the UK, and a perfect jumping-in point for readers new to this shared world \u2013 features a stunning collection of original stories from luminaries of the world of science fiction and fantasy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4815\" src=\"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/x293-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lineup this time around:<\/p>\n<p>KEVIN ANDREW MURPHY: \u201cA Flint Lies in the Mud\u201d and \u201cBut a Flint Holds Fire,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PEADAR O GUILIN: \u201cThe Coming of the Crow,\u201d \u201cCracks in the City,\u201d and \u201cFeeding on the Entrails,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CAROLINE SPECTOR: \u201cNeedles and Pins,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PAUL CORNELL: &#8220;Night Orders,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CHARLES STROSS: \u201cPolice On My Back,\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MARKO KLOOS: &#8220;Probationary,&#8221;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>PETER NEWMAN: \u201cTwisted Logic,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MELINDA M. SNODGRASS: \u201cCeremony of Innocence,\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>EMMA NEWMAN: \u201cHow to Turn a Girl to Stone,\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MARK LAWRENCE: \u201cThe Visitor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, who has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth\u2019s population was devastated by a terrifying alien virus. Those who survived were changed for ever. Some, known as Jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical deformities; others, granted superhuman abilities, are known as Aces. Now the virus has reached Britain\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Queen Margaret rules over a country in which such legendary figures as Herne the Hunter, Spring-heeled Jack and Babh, the goddess of war, roam at will. Her Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill \u2013 gifted with extraordinary longevity \u2013 together with the Enigma Ace \u2013 Alan Turing \u2013 set up a special organization named the Order of the Silver Helix. They will need all the wild cards they can find if they are to deal with the terrifying mutations thrown up by the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Wild Cards World Official website and social media for more information about Knaves over Queens!<\/p>\n<p>www.wildcardsworld.com<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WildCardsWorld\/<\/p>\n<p><b>-THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MINIONS OF FEVRE RIVER-<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Minion Raya speaking, here to share some Wild Cards news on behalf of GRRM. It\u2019s June 28th and Harper Collins is releasing the Wild \u00a0Cards world on the United Kingdom!\u00a0 That\u2019s right- it\u2019s Aces and Jokers across the pond. Knaves Over Queens will only be available in the UK until next year around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[292,7],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4813"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4829,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4813\/revisions\/4829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}