Wild cards

"Blaise Andrieux has stolen Dr. Tachyon's spaceship with a new conquest in mind: the planet Takis. The alien doctor is left behind, unable to go after his sociopathic grandson...but he's lost much more. Blaise is also a jumper, taking Dr. Tachyon's body and leaving him trapped in the pregnant body of a teenage runaway. Dr. Tachyon must sell his soul to reach his home world--and once there, confront Blaise amidst the political and military machinations...

In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers.

When residents of Jokertown begin going missing, an inexperienced lieutenant hoping to prove himself teams up with a motley group of unlikely Jokers to identify and stop the culprits.

After the suspicious death of a crew member on the historical steamboat Natchez, retired NY police detective Leo Storgman seeks to discover the ship's secrets, including the truth behind ghostly sightings of its first captain.

"San Antonio, home of the Alamo, is also host to the nation's top high school jazz competition, and the musicians at Xavier Desmond High are excited to outplay their rivals. They are also jokers, kids with strange abilities and even stranger looks. On top of that, well, they are teenagers, apt for mischief, mishaps, and romantic misunderstandings."--Amazon.com.

"In the Aftermath of World War II, the Earth's population was devastated by an alien virus. Those who survived were changed for ever. Some, Known as jokers, were cursed with strange mutations; others, granted superhuman abilities, are called aces. Queen Margaret came to the throne in Britain after the death of her sister but now lies on her death-bed. Summoning joker ace Alan Turing, she urges him to seek the true heir: Elizabeth's lost son. He was...

A new collection of Wild Cards stories, previously published on Tor.com and together in one volume for the first time! In the aftermath of World War II, an alien virus struck Earth, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. People with admirable abilities were called aces. Others became physically mutated and were labeled as jokers. Every generation, the virus creates new aces and jokers. Every generation, there are those who use...