It begins with the Silence, born of mysterious, space-originated phenomena that render Earth's technologies useless- inspiring paranoia and alien invasion fears within secret government agencies. In a new world that nessity has transfigured Marie Laveau's hunger for vengence is giving way to something greater. For Destiny has named her savior of the outcasts, the oppressed, the crazies, the hunted and the Silence's mutant children, who all flock to her dream of a future that's sweet... and a safe haven called Crescent City.
