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September, 1964. After a routine visit to a mutant Cerebro found in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, a chance wrong turn and a spur-of-the-moment decision embroils Charles and Alex in the investigation into the murder of a local Klansman. At first wishing merely to help a civil rights' activist he knows via telepathy is innocent of the crime, Charles begins to discover that the truth behind this killing may be far more strange and dreadful than anyone knows, and he may be the only one who can help those involved.
But at the same time, fallout from what he suffered in Cuba festers in his mind and in his abilities. Erik has made contact with the X-Men again and Charles doesn't know why, only that he's planning something, and Charles can do nothing to stop him. In the sweltering heat of the Mississippi Delta and the even hotter atmosphere of hatred, pain and paranoia among the locals, Charles may be unable to save anyone, and could well find himself beginning to unravel...