The cycle of death and rebirth continues! A new Phoenix rises, an oddly familiar figure debuts, and Jean Grey returns from a watery grave! Rachel Summers has arrived from a frightful future to the present day, but can she cope with meeting her father - or claiming the power of Phoenix? Meanwhile, Cyclops has fallen for the redheaded Madelyne Pryor - but is she the reincarnation of his late love? Or is the truth even more sinister?