Ororo, an orphaned street thief, lives by her wits on the plains of Africa as she struggles to harness her developing mutant powers over the elements and meets the warrior son of an African king, Black Panther.

'Something lives under District X, something that loves the dark...and it's leaving a trail of murders in its wake. In a world that's rarely black-and-white, can the X-Man called Bishop and his partner Ismael make the right calls that save people's lives? Or will they be helpless against this predator under the streets?'--Cover, P. [4].

Attempting to solve the mystery of her daughter's abduction by the Silver Surfer, single mother Denise Walters discovers the knowledge of mankind's possible Armageddon.