Introduction: Decades ago the world was changed forever by an event known as 'The Encounter.' For a brief, beautiful instant, the world was bathed in alien radiation... and from there the alterhumans emerged. Men and women with supernatural powers. Some chose to use their abilities for good, some for evil, and the world was never the same.Jon Carver, an enigmatic agent, has become the newest director of ANVIL, the American government body for monitoring superheroes and supervillains. It's a tough job, the world is teetering on the edge of destruction every day, and ANVIL are the only group to hold the world together.But, now that Jon is in the director's seat, he's found himself at the heart of a new crisis. Perhaps the greatest threat the world has ever known, striking from the shadows. Can Jon be the man to save the world? Or is he just a speedbump in the path of Armageddon?...