"Edited by bestselling author George R. R. Martin, in the next Wild Cards adventure we follow John Fortune, son of two of the most powerful and popular Aces the world has ever seen. In Death Draws Five, John Fortune's card has finally turned. He's an Ace! And proud of it . . . except that his new powers put him on a collision course with enemies he never knew he had. Is he the new messiah? Or the Anti-Christ? Or is he just a kid who's in over his head and about to drown? It's really quite simple. Mr. Nobody wants to do his job. The Midnight Angel wants to serve her Lord. Billy Ray, dying from boredom, wants some action. John Nighthawk wants to uncover the awful secret behind his mysterious power. Fortunato wants to rescue his son from the clutches of a cryptic Vatican office. John Fortune just wants to catch Siegfried and Ralph's famous Vegas review. The problem is that all roads, whether they start in Turin, Italy, Las Vegas, Hokkaido, Japan, Jokertown, Snake Hill, the Short Cut, or Yazoo City, Mississippi, lead to Leo Barnett's Peaceable Kingdom, where the difference between the Apocalypse and Peace on Earth is as thin as a razor's edge and where Death himself awaits the final, terrible turn of the card"--
John Fortune, a proud Ace, fights to rescue the only son of Peregrine and Fortunato from the clutches of a cryptical Vatican office while Midnight Angel struggles with her faith, in the 17th book of the series following Deuces Down
Edited by bestselling author George R. R. Martin, in the next Wild Cards adventure we follow John Fortune, son of two of the most powerful and popular Aces the world has ever seen.
In Death Draws Five, John Fortune's card has finally turned. He's an Ace! And proud of it . . . except that his new powers put him on a collision course with enemies he never knew he had. Is he the new messiah? Or the Anti-Christ? Or is he just a kid who's in over his head and about to drown?
It's really quite simple. Mr. Nobody wants to do his job. The Midnight Angel wants to serve her Lord. Billy Ray, dying from boredom, wants some action. John Nighthawk wants to uncover the awful secret behind his mysterious power. Fortunato wants to rescue his son from the clutches of a cryptic Vatican office. John Fortune just wants to catch Siegfried and Ralph's famous Vegas review. The problem is that all roads, whether they start in Turin, Italy, Las Vegas, Hokkaido, Japan, Jokertown, Snake Hill, the Short Cut, or Yazoo City, Mississippi, lead to Leo Barnett's Peaceable Kingdom, where the difference between the Apocalypse and Peace on Earth is as thin as a razor's edge and where Death himself awaits the final, terrible turn of the card.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
In this thrilling new Wild Cards adventure, John Fortune's superhuman powers put him on a collision course with enemies he never knew he had.
Edited by bestselling author George R. R. Martin, Death Draws Five follows John Fortune, the son of two of the most powerful and popular Aces the world has ever seen. John has finally turned his card and become an Ace, but his new abilities lead to unexpected conflicts and dangers. Is he a new messiah, the Anti-Christ, or just a kid in over his head?
Mr. Nobody wants to do his job. The Midnight Angel serves her Lord. Billy Ray craves action. John Nighthawk aims to uncover the secret behind his mysterious power. Fortunato must rescue his son from a cryptic Vatican office. Amidst this, John Fortune simply hopes to catch Siegfried and Ralph's famous Vegas review. However, all roads lead to Leo Barnett's Peaceable Kingdom, where the line between the Apocalypse and Peace on Earth is razor-thin, and Death himself awaits the final, fateful turn of the card.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
