George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sins of the Father

A cop on the trail of a bizarre murder uncovers a hidden conspiracy—and shocking secrets about his late father—in this original graphic novel set in George R.R. Martin’s shared-world universe, Wild Cards.

The Wild Cards virus—an alien illness that causes death, superpowers, or bizarre mutations—has infected the earth, killing 90% of the infected (black queens), transforming most of the rest into strange creatures (jokers), and granting the lucky few superpowers (aces).

Today, Aces, Jokers, and uninfected humans live in relative peace. “Francis “Franny” Black is an uninfected human cop, trying to police a world filled with people with extraordinary powers that he lacks. Newly—and some would say, too suddenly—promoted to detective, he has been working out of Wild Card central, the precinct in Jokertown where the bulk of the virus fell in 1946. Franny’s father was one of the heroes of the precinct, killed in the line of duty, and Franny is finding it hard to fill his dead father's shoes. Until he’s given a particularly insidious case and starts uncovering long-buried secrets that his father might have died to protect. . . .

Illustrated in a gorgeous, cinematic style by Michael Komarck and Elizabeth Leggett, this unique graphic novel is a visual feast certain to delight.