Book excerpt: Collecting New Mutants: Dead Souls #1-6. They aren’t the X-Men-in-training anymore! The New Mutants are launching themselves headfirst into some of the creepiest corners of the Marvel Universe, going on the missions no one else will. But does they know what they’re really hunting for? The enigmatic Magik leads Wolfsbane, Rictor, Boom-Boom and Strong Guy into battle with paranormal threats that might just tear them apart! Braving an Arctic research base where everyone has mysteriously died! Helping a scared boy alone in the woods! Attempting to save a crashing plane with the passengers trying to stop them! Breaking into Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum! And attending a funeral for one of their own! All the while, the New Mutants wonder what their true mission is — and what they finally discover will shake them to their core!