Nuno Plati

"When Jean Grey's best friend was tragically killed in a car accident, her strange psychic powers appeared. Only with the aid of Professor Charles Xavier was she able to control her mutant abilities. Now, alongside four other gifted youngsters, she must learn to master her powers-- before they destroy her!"--P. [4] of cover.

"One day, all the adults died, all over the world, at the same time. Now it's twenty years later, and the children--all grown up--are still rebuilding the world. Horses and caravans are the only thin lines connecting tiny, scattered settlements--little sparks in the great dark night. Gasoline is gone, phones long-dead, television a memory. The only power in America is the New Church, the religion of the angry children, that blames the destruction...