Ah good, for a moment I thought I just imaged the whole Wild Card series!

I remember Turtle, Fortunato, Roulette, Golden Boy, Doctor Tachyon (??) Wraith and was there a girl with wings called Peregrine? It's been a LONG time since I read these books (and to be honest I don't even think I have them anymore!). The last one I read involved a Presidential candiate I think who had an evil Joker manipulating him by attaching to his back and sucking on his neck or something! I think the Joker was called The Kiss... I think this was also the book that featured Chrysalis's murder .