Wild card virus hit the earth right after the world war and since then the people of the earth are not the same anymore. They have been divided into two categories i.e the super humans and the morons known as the jokers. Rest of the population that once existed on the face of the earth is now dead. All of it happened on the 15th of September that’s why people know celebrate this day as the day of the Wild Cards. Forty years have now passed and once again its celebration time for the Aces and the jokers.
Both of these so called humans celebrate this day because they have nothing else to do. This time however, not all have come with the motive of celebrating the Wild Card Day. Among the evil ones there is the Astronomer who thinks of this day as the best day to take revenge from those who have denied him. This being the only day when all come together so it is the correct day to launch revenge mission.
George R.R. Martin, Roger Zelanzy, Walter Jon Williams have finally given some twists to the story that was moving on a bit obvious pattern. Plot and the scene development everything is better than Wild Cards I and Wild Cards II: Aces High. Another new thing is the longish list of narrators with names like Pam Grier, Stephen McHattie, Molly Quinn, Ray Porter and Ron Donachie. This was needed because the book had a lot of people at the ceremony and everyone needed a voice there. Not open war still but it will happen sooner or later in the series.
