Rising Stars: Fire and Ash, collecting Rising Stars issues #17-24, delivers the long-awaited conclusion to the saga of the Pederson Specials. This collected edition is also packed with never-before-seen bonus sketches from Brent Anderson's personal sketchbook giving a never-before-seen insight into his process for bringing Straczynski's dramatic characters to life.
In the sixties, a fireball stuck Pederson, Illinois granting all the children who were in utero at the time fantastic powers - 113 in all. Dubbed "Specials," these children grew into adulthood cloistered together; forming rivalries, friendships and enmities. Some became heroes, some criminals and other simply lived out an ordinary existence. After years of petty fights, squabbles and grabs for power, a new unifying mission became clear, as purpose for their existence that they had all been unable to see before - to change the world.
