Wild Cards Books in Order

An alien virus is released over Earth and remakes humanity in an instant, killing most victims and transforming the rest. Through linked stories, this opening Wild Cards volume introduces Aces, Jokers, and the birth of Jokertown, where survival depends on power, luck, and community.

New York’s superpowered scene is growing, and with it comes celebrity, crime, and exploitation. This second Wild Cards volume uses interlinked stories to show Aces and Jokers colliding with fame and politics, while ordinary people try to survive the fallout.

Jokertown is a community under pressure, and the fight for rights and respect can turn explosive. In this linked Wild Cards volume, activists, criminals, and would-be heroes clash as tensions rise, and one spark threatens to turn the neighborhood into a battlefield.

The Wild Cards world widens beyond New York as Aces and Jokers get pulled into international trouble and new kinds of missions. Powers help, but politics and betrayal travel just as easily, and the cost of being extraordinary keeps climbing.

In Jokertown, power is never just about abilities, it’s about who controls the streets and the story people believe. These linked tales follow Aces, Jokers, and ordinary New Yorkers as crime, corruption, and hard choices drag the community into messier, more personal fights.

Wild carders head into the spotlight as a major political convention becomes a target for violence and manipulation. As the stakes rise, Aces and Jokers are forced to pick sides quickly, and a struggle for power threatens to turn public spectacle into tragedy.

A string of murders hits the heart of Jokertown, and the glamorous ace Chrysalis becomes a focus of suspicion. As investigators and vigilantes dig for answers, the case exposes secrets that could tear the Wild Cards community apart from the inside.

Old grudges, new crimes, and political pressure collide as Jokertown faces another dangerous turn. The interlocking stories follow Aces and Jokers caught between community ties and personal survival, where the wrong alliance can be deadlier than any power.

This linked Wild Cards volume shifts into the rougher corners of Jokertown and follows characters living close to the edge. As new schemes and threats close in, survival depends on who you trust, how far you’ll bend the rules, and what you’re willing to lose.

Gambling, grifts, and superpowers mix as Jokertown’s power players try to rig the odds in their favor. These interlinked stories follow Aces and Jokers navigating double-crosses and uneasy alliances, where even a winning hand can cost more than it pays.

In this linked Wild Cards volume, personal vendettas and long-running schemes collide in and around Jokertown. Multiple viewpoints build toward a shared crisis, where the biggest risk isn’t just a superpower, it’s the choices people make when they feel cornered.

A new shuffle of Wild Cards characters deals with the fallout from past clashes and the cost of survival. As fresh threats emerge, friendships strain and rivalries sharpen, and the stories build toward a turning point that forces the community to reckon with what it has become.

A collection that spotlights the Deuces, wild carders whose powers are small, odd, or more trouble than help. Spanning decades of alternate history, these stories show how minor gifts can still reshape lives, and how survival can hinge on the tiniest edge.

John Fortune, son of two famous Aces, is kidnapped by a shadowy Vatican office, and a tangle of Wild Cards lives gets pulled into the rescue. From Las Vegas showmanship to secret missions, the chase forces uneasy allies to work together before it’s too late.

John Fortune forms a young-aces team called the Committee to tackle crises the world can’t ignore. Their first missions take them from political backrooms to disaster zones, where media pressure, hidden agendas, and real horror collide with the messy reality of trying to do good.

Twenty-eight young Aces sign up for American Hero, a reality show built to turn superpowers into prime-time entertainment. As the contestants compete and get voted off, real-world violence and ugly secrets intrude, and the line between staged heroics and genuine courage blurs.

The Committee’s mission to help the People’s Paradise of Africa drags them into propaganda, brutality, and a dangerous power struggle. While one ace searches for a missing child, others try to stop a regime without becoming pawns in someone else’s revolution.

At the Old Bowery Fifth Precinct, better known as Fort Freak, cops patrol the edge of Jokertown where every case has extra complications. This linked novel follows investigations and internal conflicts inside the station, where prejudice, politics, and superpowers collide on the job.

Jokers are disappearing from the streets, and a Fort Freak cop starts asking questions no one wants answered. The trail leads from Jokertown to an illegal fighting circuit run by the terrifying Baba Yaga, where the next disappearance could mean death.

The Mean Streets arc heads overseas as a crisis in Central Asia pulls wild carders into a volatile mix of refugees, smugglers, and secret agendas. With Baba Yaga’s shadow still looming, a rescue mission becomes a fight for survival far from Jokertown’s familiar streets.

A coming-of-age Wild Cards tale set in Jokertown, where growing up means learning the rules of a world that fears what you look like. As a young joker tries to find love and belonging, everyday problems collide with the violence and prejudice that never quite go away.

Adesina was born a joker and has never had an easy time fitting in, even with Amazing Bubbles for a mother. When her best friend disappears, she takes to the air to search, and discovers that a gift that looks like freedom can also make you a target.

Reporter Jonathan Hive heads to the south of France to chase a story that feels too strange even for the Wild Cards world. What he finds forces him to confront old mistakes and decide what kind of man he wants to be when the easy choices are gone.

An inside look at a reality TV competition where wild carders perform heroics for cameras and cash. Told through reports, confessionals, and behind-the-scenes chatter, it shows how fame twists good intentions, and how a show can change the people trapped inside it.

In an alternate England, Queen Margaret is dying and the crown is up for grabs, but the leading candidate wants to exile all jokers and aces. A brilliant joker named Alan Turing is tasked with finding a better heir, and he has to outmaneuver powerful forces before the country tips into chaos.

Theodorus is a snail-centaur joker who dreams of a life beyond Earth, and Aarti, the Moon Maid, can project herself to the lunar surface. Together they imagine a refuge for jokers on the moon, but turning that dream into reality means facing politics, money, and human fear.

A collection of Wild Cards stories originally published separately, gathered into one volume. The tales range from New York to Rio and beyond, following characters like Amazing Bubbles and others as they face new threats, old grudges, and the everyday cost of living in a world shaped by the Wild Card virus.