Deuces down : wild cards. Vol. 16

On September 15, 1946, a biological weapon created by an alien race was accidently detonated above the streets of New York City, killing countless numbers of men, women, and children. But those who survived the initial explosion soon began to wish they had died also, once they discovered they had been forever mutated by the virus unleashed in the blast...In this all-new collection of Wild Cards stories, the spotlight is on the most unusual Wild Cards of them all - the Deuces. As you'll discover in this thrilling collection, their role in the Wild Cards Universe is just as important as that of the Aces and the Jokers. In fact, their actions have affected the course of Wild Cards history. On September 15, 1946, a biological weapon created by an alien race was accidentally detonated above the streets of New York City, killing countless numbers of men, women, and children. But those who survived the initial explosion soon began to wish they had died also, once they discovered they had been forever mutated by the virus unleashed in the blast

Set in an alternate, shared-world universe, Deuces Down is the one place you'll find such never-before-told tales as John J. Miller's exciting 1969 World Series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Dodgers; Michael Cassutt's first moon landing, when the whole world wasn't watching;

Walter Simon's Great New York City Blackout of 1977; Melinda M. Snodgrass's account of Grace Kelly's mysterious disappearance during the filming of the French Lieutenant's Woman. It's a strange and terrifying world, where anything can happen. A world of Wild Cards.

As with the other books in the series, 'Deuces Down' is set in an alternate, shared-world universe. It's here that you'll find the never-before-told tales of the exciting 1969 World series and the first moon landing, when nobody was watching