Wild Cards 1. El comienzo

On September 15, 1946, an extraterrestrial virus fell on Manhattan. The survivors were transformed into Meta humans and aces. Meta humans are jokers, people with physical deformities and extraordinary abilities, always alienated and harassed while aces are men and women with normal human features that develop the gifts of flying, the ability to walk through walls and read minds, to change their shape at will, to become invisible, and to stop time. Soon the Mafia and powerful forces start competing to hunt and take control of these exceptional individuals, like Ghost Girl, the Sleeper, Sharpshooter, or the powerful Four Aces, some of which are inclined to criminal activity, before doing good.
 
El 15 de septiembre de 1946 un virus extraterrestre cayó sobre Manhattan. Los sobrevivientes quedaron convertidos en metahumanos: jokers, seres con deformidades físicas y habilidades fuera de lo común, siempre marginados y hostigados; o ases: hombres y mujeres de apariencia humana normal, que desarrollan el don de volar, de leer las mentes ajenas, la capacidad de atravesar paredes, de cambiar de forma a voluntad, de hacerse invisibles e incluso de detener el tiempo. Muy pronto la mafia y las grandes potencias competirán por cazar y apoderarse de personas tan excepcionales como Ghost Girl, el Durmiente, el Titiritero o los poderosos Cuatro Ases, algunos de los cuales se inclinan al crimen, antes que a hacer el bien.

George R. R. Martin is a successful writer of popular literature. He started his career as a writer in 1971, when he combined his jobs as a screenwriter and a producer. In the 1990s he dedicated himself exclusively to literature. He is the author of the highly successful and multi awarded fantasy epic The Song of Ice and Fire, which inspired the televised production of the Game of Thrones.