The major blockbuster from Twentieth Century Fox

Outcasts from society, the X-Men are genetic mutants, born with superhuman powers, who harness their special abilities for the greater good. But the human race they fight to protect rejects and fears -- even hates -- them.

Not all mutants seek to protect mankind. One terrorist group -- led by the supremely powerful Magneto -- seeks to strike first. Battling against prejudice and agents of intolerance, the X-Men must establish a peaceful coexistence between mutant and mankind or they will surely perish...

A novelization by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
Based on the story by Tom DeSanto & Bryan Singer
Screenplay by David Hayter