In 1946, an alien virus transcribing human DNA was released in the airspace of New York. Ninety percent of those infected died, most of the survivors were bizarrely disfigured. And since then, a handful of people have superhuman abilities...
The series, set in the Wild Cards universe, is a chronicle of the time that has passed since then, of heroes (aces) and misfits (jokers); we follow them now in the turbulent 1980s. The second book, Aces of the Sky, is a novel of alien invasion. The great masters of fantasy and science fiction - including George R.R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner and Walter Jon Williams - take care of the exciting twists and turns.

Universal Cable Production is making a TV series from the fantastic world of Wild Cards.