When an alien race arrives to claim ownership of Earth, the X-Men must find a way to repel them in this thrilling adventure novel. The Kh'thon descend upon Earth not as invaders, but as the planet's rightful owners. They claim to have left millennia ago, and their evidence is startling: not only are their ships manned by Homo sapiens, but their will is enforced by specially augmented humans with phenomenal powers-and each one is a match for any of the X-Men. According to the Kh'thon, they are the original creators of the X-Gene, which allowed them to breed their servants with whatever abilities they required. The Kh'thon believe that Earth belongs to them, as well as every being living on it-human and mutant. Now it's up to Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, and the rest of the X-Men-together with Scott Summers, now a member of X-Force-to defeat the Kh'thon before they are enslaved by these would-be alien masters. . . .
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Chris Roberson's novels include Here, There & Everywhere, The Voyage of Night ShiningWhite, Paragaea, Set the Seas on Fire, End of the Century, Iron Jaw and Hummingbird, and The Dragon's Nine Sons. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as Asimov's Science Fiction, Postscripts, and Subterranean, and in anthologies such as Live Without a Net, The Many Faces of Van Helsing, FutureShocks, and Forbidden Planets. Along with his business partner and spouse Allison Baker, he is the publisher of MonkeyBrain Books, an independent publishing house specializing in genre fiction and nonfiction genre studies, and is the editor of the Adventure anthology series. Roberson is a three-time World Fantasy Award finalist, a two-time John W. Campbell Award finalist for Best New Writer, and his short story "O One" won the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Short Form in 2004. Roberson lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter, Georgia, and far, far too many comic books. Visit him online at www.chrisroberson.net.