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The Elephant in the Room

By Paul Cornell
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Publisher Description

George R. R. Martin's bestselling Wild Cards series of a multi-author shared-world universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years.

Paul Cornell's "The Elephant in the Room", a Tor.com Original, is the tale of a young woman who can temporarily take on the superpowers of people she's near...and of the crisis this leads her into as she struggles to deal with an overcontrolling mother, a very strange boyfriend, and the beginning of a career.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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“Confusing. Perhaps being more familiar with the Wildcards universe and the character of the Sleeper, but I found this story confusing despite what seems like a lot of infodumping to set the scene and relationships.”

About Paul Cornell

Paul Cornell is a British writer of television, comics, short stories, and novels. He is well-known for his prose and screenplay work within the Doctor Who franchise, including the Hugo-nominated episodes "Father's Day" (2005) and "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" (2007). His extensive work in comics has included runs on Action Comics and Dark X-Men. His short story "The Copenhagen Interpretation" was a Hugo Award finalist in 2010, and another story, "One of Our Bastards Is Missing," was a Hugo finalist in 2012. His latest novel, London Falling, was published by Tor UK in December 2012 and will appear from Tor in early 2013.

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