Starting with a fresh new deck.

I'm very excited with the latest installment of the shared superhero world of Wild Cards editted by George R.R. Martin. Its a so-called "mosaic novel" which started from 1987 until the present with the latest offering, "Inside Straight".

"Inside Straight" deals with a new generation of Wild Cards, people gifted with abilities from the alien Takisian Wild Card virus in 1946 which spawned the 1st generation of Wild Cards which are either called Aces, gifted with powers beyond human while retaining human appearance or Jokers, gifted with either useless powers or distorted into mockeries of what they were. The current novel would be focussing on the latest generation of Wild Cards who have entered a reality TV show hosted and judged by earlier generation Aces like Peregrine. The name of the show is American Hero. The info about the characters in the novel and its meta-reality show is located here.

I'm too giddy and hyped about this book but I'll wait it out until its in paperback format. :D