Ascension

Three episodes of a major story arc from THE X-FILES -- Scully's abduction by aliens -- together for the first time in a riveting adult novelization. They are no ordinary FBI team. Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are investigators assigned to THE X-FILES, the strange and inexplicable cases the FBI wants to keep hidden from the scrutiny of the press and the public! the cases involving the paranormal, supernatural, the extraterrestrial. Now, in the first adult novelization, the story of Scully's abduction -- by aliens or by the US government -- is revealed. ASCENSION covers three pivotal X-Files second season episodes. In 'Duane Barry', Mulder is summoned to negotiate a tense hostage situation where a former FBI agent is claiming to be an alien abductee; in 'Ascension' Barry escapes, kidnapping Scully and leading Mulder on a nightmarish pursuit through the mountains of Virginia; and finally, in 'One Breath', Scully is inexplicably returned with no memory -- and no explanations!