With a past shrouded in mystery possessing a skeleton laced with indestructible metal twelve-inch claws able to cut through stone & steel as easily as flesh & the ability to heal from virtually any wound the man known as Logan--codenamed Wolverine--is tapped by a government agency to investigate rumors of a miracle cure developed by a sinister underworld organization & used to gain leverage & control over desperate African nations. Wolverine must thwart the criminals schemes & recover the panacea for benign use. But hope may turn to ashes as Logan learns that nothing is quite as it seems.