Spinning out of ASTONISHING X-MEN comes a story that will take you places you've never been! After Secret Invasion, Agent Brand is no longer the top dog at S.W.O.R.D. (Sentient Worlds Observation and Response Department) -a spy agency dealing with extraterrestrial threats to world security. Forced to share her leadership post with former Avengers liaison Henry Gyrich, Brand is less than pleased. Will the arrival of her boyfriend, X-Man Beast, help her out? Not when she discovers Gyrich's plan for fi xing S.W.O.R.D. is to rid Earth of all aliens! COLLECTING: S.W.O.R.D. (2007) 1-5