4 decades ago in Alien wild card virus produced a strange news of superhuman men and women known as Aces and jokers. Among them is the winged Beauty called Peregrine, fortunato, master of erotic power, and bizarre and mysterious Joker known as jube. Now these remarkable beans must battle to save Earth from the swarm, I deadly Menace from the far reaches of space. So we're into excitement and high adventure as nine of science Fiction's most talented writers join in the exploration of this astonishing shared world.