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? And when Jean Grey is discovered very much alive, the true nature of the original Phoenix is revealed! X-Factor is forged, Rachel faces the Anti-Phoenix and fights to save her future, and the Phoenix’s flames ignite an Inferno!