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A review by git_r_read
Fort Freak by George R.R. Martin
5.0
I have to thank the woman at Jeanne Stein's book signing at Broadway Book Mall for turning me onto the Wild Card series. She assured me I could start at any point among the twenty-one books, so I began with the one she handed me, FORT FREAK, the latest.
The premise of the series is that an alien virus struck in 1946, killing 90% of the population, deforming others and giving a small percentage of the population superpowers.
FORT FREAK takes place in New York City's 5th Precinct, aka "Fort Freak".
This could be called an anthology, but George R R Martin, the editor of the shared-world series, calls it a mosaic novel. Each author continues the story seamlessly, giving the reader a look at the police precinct, the detectives, the good guys and the bad and everyone in between. It's a police procedural thriller at its finest, and the characters with their abilities and disabilities add to the gritty 'charm'.
This is a keeper since its signed by most of the authors as well as the editor. I am going back for more.
The premise of the series is that an alien virus struck in 1946, killing 90% of the population, deforming others and giving a small percentage of the population superpowers.
FORT FREAK takes place in New York City's 5th Precinct, aka "Fort Freak".
This could be called an anthology, but George R R Martin, the editor of the shared-world series, calls it a mosaic novel. Each author continues the story seamlessly, giving the reader a look at the police precinct, the detectives, the good guys and the bad and everyone in between. It's a police procedural thriller at its finest, and the characters with their abilities and disabilities add to the gritty 'charm'.
This is a keeper since its signed by most of the authors as well as the editor. I am going back for more.