Superhero Fiction (Non comic based)
Explore the best superhero fiction books not based on comics! Dive into thrilling novels featuring original superpowered heroes, epic battles, and extraordinary worlds beyond graphic novels.
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Wild Cards
by Edward Bryant
Eleven visionary authors tackle a single provocative theme: after the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story.
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Aces High
by Lewis Shiner
"After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and fantasy giants such as George R.R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams, and others"--Amazon.com.
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Jokers Wild
by George R. R. Martin
The streets of New York have erupted in celebration of Wild Card Day -- the annual event held every September 15th to remember the dead and cherish the living. It is a day for fireworks and street fairs and parades, for political rallies and memorial banquets, for drinking and fighting in the alleys. With each passing year, the festivities become larger and more fevered. And this year -- 1986, the fortieth anniversary -- promises to be the biggest and best Wild Card Day ever. The media and tourists have discovered the celebration, and taverns and restaurants expect record-setting business. But lurking in the background is a twisted genius who cares nothing for fun and festivity. The Astronomer has only one concern: destruction...
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Aces Abroad
by George R. R. Martin
A politically conscious group of Wild Cards, superhuman survivors of an alien virus that struck the earth after World War II, search the globe to discover the fate of other virus victims
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Ace in the Hole
by George R. R. Martin
Individuals possessing unusual powers after being infected with an alien virus, attempt to influence the U.S. presidential campaign
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Dead Man's Hand
by George R. R. Martin
The brutal murder of Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, leads Ace private investigator Jay Ackroyd and the Yeoman, who has been framed for the crime, to search for the killer
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One-Eyed Jacks
by George R. R. Martin
The aces, jokers, and normals face a deadly new threat--Jumpers, creatures who can take over another's body at will
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Black Trump
by George R. R. Martin
Exposed by a reporter and her joker sidekick, the Cardshark Conspiracy plots to unleash the Black Trump, a biological weapon that destroys anyone with a wild card genetic structure, and time is running out for ace Mark Meadows. Original.
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F.R.E.E. Fall
by Mel Odom
In the action-packed sequel to F.R.E.E.Lancers, far more than money is at stake when ancient inventions combine with deadly new technologies to once again endanger the fate of the world. Original. 40,000 first printing.
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Death Draws Five
by John J. Miller
This is an original novel set in the popular Wild Cards world created by science fiction icon George R.R. Martin. He is the four time winner of the Hugo Award, two-time winner of the Nebula and editor of over two dozen novels and anthologies, and the writer of numerous short stories.