Aces High

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Aces High
Central Theme:
Synopsis: A collection of short stories set in a shared superhero universe.
Series: Wild Cards
Preceded by: Wild Cards I
Followed by: Jokers Wild
First published: April 1987
More Information
The Wiki Rule: Wild Cards Wiki
v · d · e

Aces High is the second volume in the Wild Cards shared universe fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin. It was published in 1987 and dealt with two main plots that linked the stories in the volume: the arrival of the alien Swarm and a Masonic conspiracy led by a bookish villain named the Astronomer. In the end, these two storylines connect.

The title Aces High comes from the name of a popular and ritzy restaurant of the same name that caters to a clientele consisting solely of Aces — those victims of the Wild Card virus who gain "superpowers" as a result of their exposure — and features in several of the stories, along with its proprietor Hiram Worchester (aka Fatman).


Tropes used in Aces High include: