X-men - Chris Claremont

A novelization of the major motion picture!

TAKE A STAND.

The world has acquired a lethal new weapon against X-gene mutants,
whose superhuman powers separate them-for better, for worse, forever-from ordinary
mortals. Now, for the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their godlike abilities,
though their powers may isolate and alienate them, or surrender them and become human.
The mutant antibody is called a cure, but its invention may trigger a struggle that
destroys every living soul on Earth.

As Magneto declares all-out war against humanity
and its dreaded cure, the U.S. president mobilizes the military. But it is Charles
Xavier and the X-Men who truly must brace for the ultimate battle, for they alone
are powerful enough to determine the outcome.

Lessons of the past are useless in
the coming life-and-death conflict, as new players-mutants possessing unprecedented,
unearthly skills- take center stage. With so many joining forces with Magneto's evil
Brotherhood, the X-Men will face their ultimate test against an enemy whose forces
far outnumber their own.

Now, as the world trembles, the Phoenix slowly rises.
. .