The moon base, 2017. An ancient sarcophagus split open to release a terrifying alien creature! In the aftermath of the cataclysmic event, all communications have been cut off from Earth.Meanwhile back on the home planet, scientist Adesh Khan discovered that the sarcophagi found on Earth had been mis-interpreted; their markings were not in fact instructions, but a warning... a warning of terrible events now coming to pass.Adesh has now been kidnapped by a mysterious woman and taken to Florida, where the stand-off with the aliens took an even more terrifying turn – they can control the minds of any human who stands against them! Fortunately, Helius is not human, and he seemed to be winning... until the woman punched a whole into his chest and escaped with the alien in two!

Originally published in French as: World War X Tome 1: Helius Copyright Snejbjerg/Frissen/Editions du Lombard (Dargaud-Lombard S.A), 2013