In the wake of the team's victory over the Dominant Species. Archangel must deal with his newly developed secondary mutation: Juggernaut inds himself  hero for the first time: Havok emerges from a coma as his girlfriend. Polaris returns to the mansion, her demeanour having changed considerably: Nightcrawler has removed himself from the position of priest within the Catholic Church: and Husk has fallen for her knight in shining armour, Archangel.

With the X-Men in emotional disarray, the return of the Canadian super-team Alpha Flight casuses a huge stir....but do they return as friends or foes? And the hunt for the mysterious religious sect known as the Church of Humanity concludes, but what secret do they have in store for one of the X-Men? Plus: a wedding between two of the team's longtime members.