One giant leap for mutantkind! The new nation of Krakoa has quickly become a major force on the world stage...but why stop there? The X-Men have relaunched the Sentient World Observation & Response Directorate - a fully independent organization dealing with all things extraterrestrial on behalf of Earth. And S.W.O.R.D. is thrown right into the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the invading King in Black! Meanwhile, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is Protocol V - and can the Earth survive it? Then, walk a mile in the Manifold's shoes as S.W.O.R.D.'s Quintician takes a journey across the universe - and comes face to face with a deadly enemy! And as the Quiet Council discuss the rules of murder on Krakoa, in space the killings have already begun... COLLECTING: S.W.O.R.D. (2020) 1-6
