num_pages: 432
description: Just after World War 2 over New York City, an alien virus transforms human genetics and goes recessive to create super heroes and villains. Most victims die, others experience physical or psychic changes: aces have useful powers, deuces minor maybe entertaining abilities, jokers uglified, disabled, relegated to ghettos.
language: English
title: Wild Cards
titlecomplete: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1)
genres: Fantasy, Alternate History, Anthologies, Short Stories, Urban Fantasy, Superheroes, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 12976
series: Wild Cards
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Anthology
publisher: Ibooks