John Cassaday

The second of two volumes collecting Joss Whedon's "Astonishing X-Men" comics, in which Emma Frost's erratic behavior sends the X-Men into a downward spiral, the new Hellfire Club makes its move, and the identity of the X-Man who is destined to destroy Breakworld is revealed.

A death at Xavier Institute reveals an enemy within the Institute and the X-Men must depend on each other more than ever as their world goes crazy around them. Meanwhile, an alien race watches and waits to see if they will have to move in and finish annhilating the X-Men themselves.