And by coincidence I stumbled upon the Wild Cards book series.
I have always been drawn to the supernatural phenomena in fiction - be it films, books, comics or games - and I have been searching now for some time to find a book which features the kind of storyline where characters have developed supernatural (mutant) powers. At the United Nations, veteran ace John Fortune has assembled a team of young aces, known as the Committee, to assist at trouble spots around the world - including an invasion of zombies in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, a freak nuclear explosion in a small Texas town, and a fateful showdown with the forces of the oil-rich Islamic caliphate in the Middle-East.īut their opponents have there own aces and jokers ready, including a Marxist revolutionary, a brutal mercenary, a young boy with apocalyptic powers, and a sinister arm of the FBI known as SCARE. Now a new generation of aces had taken its place on the world stage, becoming crucial player in international events. Grotesque half-human creatures known as “jokers” inhabit an underworld of their own, while legendary prodigies known as “aces” have become real-world superheroes, complete with colourful names and costumes.
In the six decades since the alien plague known as the “Wild Card virus” spread a wave of mutations across the globe, humanity has begun to come to terms with its consequences.
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