X-Men
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Book 3
The mass market edition of an original novel in ibooks' continuing line of titles based on the popular characters published by Marvel Comics. The stakes in the quest to find a cure for the Legacy Virus epidemic that is devastating mutants everywhere on earth has been frighteningly raised. A cure for the virus exists, but Selene, the dread Black Queen of the New York City branch of the Hellfire Club, is the only one who has it! The X-Men, and their uneasy ally, Sebastian Shaw, the mutant Black King of the Hong Kong branch of the Hellfire Club, are locked in a race against time to defeat Selene and wrest from her the serum. But to their shock, they discover that Selene has found a way to turn time itself into a weapon against them. Meanwhile, Sebastian Shaw and the mysterious menace known as Mutant X, pursue a different agenda - one that, if it succeeds, will place the Legacy Virus serum in the hands of the most dangerous mutant in the world!
Hank McCoy -- the X-Men's Beast -- made himself a guinea pig in a desperate attempt to find a cure for the deadly Legacy Virus. His gamble succeeded. Now his blood is a living serum that can save countless lives. Unfortunately, the Beast is also a prisoner of Selene, the dread Black Queen of the New York branch of the Hellfire Club and she is literally bleeding him dry in order to further her own mad quest for power and wealth. The X-Men, and their uneasy ally, Sebastian Shaw, the mutant Black King of the Hong Kong branch of the Hellfire Club, are locked in a race against time to defeat Selene and free the Beast. But to their shock, they have discovered that Selene has found a way to turn time itself into a weapon against them.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Shaw and the mysterious menace known as Mutant X, pursue a different agenda -- one that if it succeeds, will place the Legacy Virus serum in the hands of the most dangerous mutant in the world!
The stakes in the quest to find a cure for the Legacy Virus epidemic that is devastating mutants everywhere on earth have been frighteningly raised. A cure exists, but Selene, the dread Black Queen of the Hellfire Club is the only one who has it.
Though feared by a world unwilling to accept those who are different, the X-Men led by their mentor, Professor Charles Xavier, are dedicated to protecting humanity from the forces of chaos, hoping to one day rid the world of an even greater darkness -- the prejudice that has made them outcasts. Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Karnak, Triton, and Crystal are the royal family of the Inhumans -- a civilization of people gifted with amazing powers by alien technology. Like the X-Men they were persecuted for being different. Ultimately they found refuge in the Himalayas. What threat is so great they could unite these two families to defend an Earth that hates them at the risk of their own lives . . . ?