Synopsis

RowanMercerwasnevermeanttoexist.BorninacovertmutantlabasSubject757,hewasengineeredfromthegenesofProfessorXandMagneto,thendismissedasafailurebeforeheeverlearnedwhathewascapableof.Histelepathyisfaint,hismagnetismweak,andthescientistswhobuilthimseehimaslittlemorethanadisposableprototype.ButRowanisnotaloneinhisownskin.Thenighthetriestosleepoffanotherbrutaltrainingsession,somethinginhimfractures.Hisconsciousnesssplitsopen,anchoringhimtoasecondbodyinadifferentworldentirely—anabusedorphanintheshadowsofKnockturnAlley,justdaysawayfromenteringthewizardingworld.Twobodies.Twolives.Onemind.AndthenRowandiscoverstherealimpossibility:Everyabilityhetrainsinoneworldstrengthenshimintheother.Magicfuelsmutation.Mutationfuelsmagic.Andeachnewuniversewaitingbeyondthesetwoisanotherlifereadytoawaken.WithX-23preparingtoleadadesperateescape,thewizardingworldwhisperingofancientpower,andthemultiverseitselfunfoldinglikeamaponlyhecanread,Rowanbeginstounderstandthetruth:Heisn’tafailedexperiment.Heistheblueprintforsomethingthemultiversehasneverseen.Asurvivor.Aweapon.Aconvergence.Andtheworldsthatcreatedhimhavenoideawhathe’sabouttobecome.