J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars Series by Arthur Byron Cover, J. Michael Straczynski

This is the story of how we came to be. Of what happened to us, and to those we knew, and loved, and fought. Sixty years. One hundred and thirteen people born with the power. The story of the world we touched. And all the places where the world touched us. And the terror and the beauty and the death that happened in the spaces in-between... Over twenty years ago, a comet struck the Earth just outside the town of Pederson, Illinois... moreThis is the story of how we came to be. Of what happened to us, and to those we knew, and loved, and fought. Sixty years. One hundred and thirteen people born with the power. The story of the world we touched. And all the places where the world touched us. And the terror and the beauty and the death that happened in the spaces in-between... Over twenty years ago, a comet struck the Earth just outside the town of Pederson, Illinois. There were 113 children in utero when the flash hit, and every one of them was affected, gaining extraordinary super-powers as they grew older. The people of the world, initially worried by what the children might become when they reached adulthood, now fear what they will do with the powers they've gained-and who might suffer should the rising stars start to think they could run the world better... less

The second volume in a trilogy of novelisations, based on the comic book series created and written by J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the hit science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Ten years have passed since the Specials - men and women gifted with incredible powers - had their standoff against the government... moreThe second volume in a trilogy of novelisations, based on the comic book series created and written by J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the hit science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Ten years have passed since the Specials - men and women gifted with incredible powers - had their standoff against the government. Feared, hunted, and yet revered, they have scattered across the globe, only to be forced to come together once more when the Special known as Critical Maas takes the city of Chicago hostage. Now, a small group of her former friends have decided to take it back, in exchange for a pardon from the government. But their actions will not come without a heavy price to pay for the Specials, and the world... less