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“Martin has assembled an impressive array of writers… Progressing through the decades, Wild Cards keeps its momentum to the end… I’m looking forward to the next episodes in this saga of mutant Americana.” – Locus

“Well written and suspenseful and a good read… The authors had a lot of fun rewriting recent American history.” – Aboriginal Science Fiction

“Commendable writing… a zany premise… narrated with rueful humor and intelligence.” – Publishers Weekly

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The first fifteen volumes of the Wild Cards series concerned themselves primarily with aces (those given superhuman powers by the Wild Cards virus) and jokers (those whom the virus transformed into freaks and monsters). But in this all-new collection of Wild Cards stories, Deuces Down will focus on some characters less often in the spotlight: the deuces. In Wild Card slang, a deuce is an ace whose superpower is tiny, trivial, sometimes silly.

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 between the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Dodgers; the first moon landing, when the whole world wasn't watching; the Great New York City Blackout of 1977; and Grace Kelly's mysterious disappearance during the filming of The French Lieutenant's Woman.

All new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy.

 In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear...

 Includes stories by bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as tales by Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle.

In this star-studded cross-genre anthology, seventeen of the greatest modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance explore the borderlands of their genres with brand-new tales of ill-fated love. From zombie-infested woods in a postapocalyptic America to faery-haunted rural fields in eighteenth- century England, from the kingdoms of high fantasy to the alien world of a galaxy-spanning empire, these are stories of lovers who must struggle against the forces of magic and fate.

Award-winning, bestselling author demonstrates why he’s one of the hottest stars in literature today with “The Thing About Cassandra,” a subtle but chilling story of a man who meets an old girlfriend he had never expected to see.

International blockbuster bestselling author sends a World War II RAF pilot through a stone circle to the time of her Outlander series in “A Leaf on the Winds of All Hallows.” Torn from all he knows, Jerry MacKenzie determinedly survives hardship and danger, intent on his goal of returning home to his wife and baby—no matter the cost.

New York TimesJim Butcher

Just the smallest sampling promises unearthly delights, but look also for stories by bestselling romance authors Jo Beverley and Mary Jo Putney, and by such legends of the fantasy genre as Peter S. Beagle and Tanith Lee, as well as many other popular and beloved writers, including Marjorie M. Liu, Jacqueline Carey, Carrie Vaughn, and Robin Hobb. This exquisite anthology, crafted by the peerless editing team of George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, is sure to leave you under its spell.

Discover the many realms of the heart with this extraordinary cast of acclaimed authors:

PETER S. BEAGLE

JO BEVERLEY

JIM BUTCHER

JACQUELINE CAREY

DIANA GABALDON

NEIL GAIMAN

YASMINE GALENORN

M.L.N. HANOVER

ROBIN HOBB

CECELIA HOLLAND

TANITH LEE

MARJORIE M. LIU

MARY JO PUTNEY

LINNEA SINCLAIR

MELINDA SNODGRASS

LISA TUTTLE

CARRIE VAUGHN

«Одноглазые валеты» – восьмая книга из легендарной серии «Дикие карты». События, произошедшие в Нью-Йорке и Атланте во время съезда Демократической партии в 1988 году, разрушили судьбы многих героев. Ушли в прошлое золотые дни тузов и Диких карт, когда было возможно сотрудничество между джокерами и тузами. Теперь в обществе царят напряженность и недоверие.

На Нью-Йорк обрушилась новая напасть – «джамперы» – группа молодых людей, способных «прыгать» в сознание других и подчинять его своей воле.

Сможет ли город справиться с очередным безумием, охватившим людей?

Остров Рокс – приют для всех джокеров под управлением губернатора Блоута. Однако в последнее время это убежище перестало быть таким безопасным, ведь там обосновалась шайка джамперов во главе со своим предводителем – Блезом Андриё. Движимый стремлением отомстить своему деду, таксианцу Тахиону, Блез помещает его сознание в тело шестнадцатилетней девушки и бросает гнить в подземной тюрьме.

Блоут искренне сочувствует Тахиону, но помочь ему не в силах – джамперы забирают все больше власти на Роксе.

В решающей схватке натуралов, джокеров и джамперов Блоуту придется воспользоваться возможностями, которыми его наградила дикая карта, или уйти на дно вместе с островом.

Впервые на русском языке!

Сорок лет минуло с тех пор, как 15 сентября 1946 года над Манхэттеном был распылен чудовищный вирус «дикой карты», навсегда изменивший ход мировой истории. Америка, принявшая на себя основной удар, пострадала больше других, но за сорок лет кое-как научилась жить со своим новым лицом и бороться с могущественными преступниками-мутантами. Таинственный Астроном мертв, его египетские масоны разгромлены, далеко в космосе приручен и направлен прочь от Земли враждебный человечеству Рой… Однако «дикие карты» есть не в одной Америке, и силы хаоса действуют не только в тени манхэттенских небоскребов и на убогих улочках Джокертауна. Кругосветное турне, предпринятое сенатором Хартманном вместе с группой тузов и джокеров, подтверждает это буквально на каждой миле.

Fifteen all-new stories by science fiction's top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award winning editor Gardner Dozois

Burroughs's A Princess of Mars. Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. Heinlein's Red Planet. These and so many more inspired generations of readers with a sense that science fiction's greatest wonders did not necessarily lie far in the future or light-years across the galaxy but were to be found right now on a nearby world tantalizingly similar to our own - a red planet that burned like an ember in our night sky …and in our imaginations.

This new anthology of fifteen all-original science fiction stories, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, celebrates the Golden Age of Science Fiction, an era filled with tales of interplanetary colonization and derring-do. Before the advent of powerful telescopes and space probes, our solar system could be imagined as teeming with strange life-forms and ancient civilizations - by no means always friendly to the dominant species of Earth. And of all the planets orbiting that G-class star we call the Sun, none was so steeped in an aura of romantic decadence, thrilling mystery, and gung-ho adventure as Mars.

Join such seminal contributors as Michael Moorcock, Mike Resnick, Joe R. Lansdale, S. M. Stirling, Mary Rosenblum, Ian McDonald, Liz Williams, James S. A. Corey, and others in this brilliant retro anthology that turns its back on the cold, all-but-airless Mars of the Mariner probes and instead embraces an older, more welcoming, more exotic Mars: a planet of ancient canals cutting through red deserts studded with the ruined cities of dying races.

Новая антология из пятнадцати рассказов, опубликованная Джорджем Р.Р. Мартином и Гарнером Дозуа, знаменует Золотую Эру научной фантастики, эру повествований об инопланетных колонизациях и безрассудной храбрости. До появления мощных телескопов и космических зондов мы могли представлять себе нашу Солнечную систему населенной причудливыми созданиями и древними цивилизациями, не всегда дружелюбными к обитателям Земли. И среди всех планет, окружающих Солнце, только одна окружена аурой романтики, таинственности и приключений – Марс.

Джеймс Кори, Майкл Муркок, Майк Резник, Говард Уолдроп, Йен Макдональд и другие в этой блестящей ретроантологии, которая возвращает нас назад на холодный, лишенный кислорода Марс, планету красных пустынь, разрушенных городов и вымирающих цивилизаций.

Впервые на русском языке!

In this star-studded cross-genre anthology, seventeen of the greatest modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance explore the borderlands of their genres with brand-new tales of ill-fated love. From zombie-infested woods in a postapocalyptic America to faery-haunted rural fields in eighteenth- century England, from the kingdoms of high fantasy to the alien world of a galaxy-spanning empire, these are stories of lovers who must struggle against the forces of magic and fate.

Award-winning, bestselling author Neil Gaiman demonstrates why he’s one of the hottest stars in literature today with “The Thing About Cassandra,” a subtle but chilling story of a man who meets an old girlfriend he had never expected to see.

International blockbuster bestselling author Diana Gabaldon sends a World War II RAF pilot through a stone circle to the time of her Outlander series in “A Leaf on the Winds of All Hallows.” Torn from all he knows, Jerry MacKenzie determinedly survives hardship and danger, intent on his goal of returning home to his wife and baby—no matter the cost.

New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher presents “Love Hurts,” in which Harry Dresden takes on one of his deadliest adversaries and in the process is forced to confront the secret desires of his own heart.

Just the smallest sampling promises unearthly delights, but look also for stories by New York Times bestselling romance authors Jo Beverley and Mary Jo Putney, and by such legends of the fantasy genre as Peter S. Beagle and Tanith Lee, as well as many other popular and beloved writers, including Marjorie M. Liu, Jacqueline Carey, Carrie Vaughn, and Robin Hobb. This exquisite anthology, crafted by the peerless editing team of George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, is sure to leave you under its spell.