Following the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman forces. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and dream giants such as for example George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams, as well as others.