Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad

By: George R. R. Martin

Narrated by: Kathleen Turner, Clancy Brown, Adrian Paul, Selma Blair, Armin Shimerman, Sanjit de Silva, Richard Moll, Yasmeen Barghouty, Prentice Onayemi, Various

The action-packed alternate fantasy returns for a new generation, featuring fiction from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin, Michael Cassutt, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lewis Shiner, and more―plus two completely new stories from Kevin Andrew Murphy and bestselling author Carrie Vaughn.

Forty years after the Wild Card Virus's release, the World Health Organization decides it's time to take a delegation of Aces, Jokers, politicians, and journalists on a fact-finding mission to learn how other countries are dealing with the virus that reshaped humanity. Leading the team is Gregg Hartmann, a senator with presidential aspirations and a dangerous ace up his sleeve. Joining him is a menagerie of some of the series' best and most popular Wild Cards, including Dr. Tachyon, aces Peregrine and Golden Boy, and jokers Chrysalis, Troll, and Father Squid.

From the jungles of Haiti and Peru to the tumultuous political climate of Egypt, from a monastery in Japan to the streets of the most glamorous cities of Europe, the Wild Cards are in for an eye-opening trip. While some are worshiped as actual gods, those possessing the most extreme mutations are treated with a contempt that's all too familiar to the delegates from Jokertown. New alliances will be formed, new enemies will be made, and some actions will fulfill centuries-old prophecies that make ripples throughout the future of the Wild Cards universe.


Various Roles Read by a Full Cast of Narrators:
“Peregrine” read by Kathleen Turner (Down by the Nile)
“Chrysalis” read by Selma Blair
“Sen Gregg Hartmann / Puppetman” read by Clancy Brown
“Yeoman Brennan” read by Adrian Paul
“Xavier Desmond” read by Armin Shimerman (From the Journal of Xavier Desmond)
“Dr Tachyon” read by Raphael Sbarge (Mirrors of the Soul)
“Cordelia Chaisson” read by Kasey Lansdale (Down in the Dreamtime)
“Ti Malice” read by Nicholas Guy Smith
“Jayewardene” read by Sanjit de Silva (The Teardrop of India)
“Troll” read by Richard Moll (Warts and All)
“Sara Morgenstern” read by Emily Rankin
“Joann Jefferson” read by Donnabella Mortel (Always Spring in Prague)
“Xbalanque” read by Noel Bearheart
“Wilfried Molniya” read by Stefan Rudnicki (Legends)
”Hunapu” read by Ozzie Rodriguez
“Mackie Messer” read by PJ Ochlan
“Misha / Kahina” read by Yasmeen Barghouty
“Fortunato” read by Prentice Onayemi (Zero Hour)

Excellent

The series is fun and different and this audiobook really starts pulling it together and building it up with great voice work.

Loved it! awesome thru and thru

Love this entire series. haven't been disappointed yet. I recommend this book and while series!

Slow start

The first few chapters were hard to follow, felt like they were part of a completely different story. I’m still not sure what was happening there, but once it was over it became a familiar Wild Cards story, it took a few hours though. Brought together a lot of the players, which is why I’m glad I finished it but it was hard to get into because of the confusion of the first few chapters.

mostly great voice acting.

Great stories. interesting turn for the world of Wildcards. The voice acting was mostly good. i wish there was a way to make 1 voice per character.

I little disappointed!

The first three maintained a high level of suspense and energy. Unfortunately the writers decided to go political in many of the stories and which makes for a few really bad ones. Some of the new narrators are also a big step down but the bar was set very high.