THE GENESIS SEEDS: They were developed on the eve of nuclear destruction, a scientific breakthrough that promised abundant food for a ravaged and starving humanity.

THE MINISTER: The autocratic leader of a sinister community of scientists, he claimed to know the secret of the seeds - and where they were located. But for all the technical wizardry at his command, he needed human volunteers to brave the underground hell of New York.

THE NEW YORK RUN: Blade, the leader of the Alpha Triad, was willing to risk his life - and the lives of his warriors - in the zombie-ridden chaos that had once been New York. If he succeeded there would be shouts of joy - if he failed, the world would whimper and die.