He was a charming bastard. Not long ago, back in the 1980s, the world had not yet heard of charming. But then came a strange and godlike mutation that effected one child in a million. That child would grow to be a Charmer -- one who could, by act of will, change the form of any substance: coal into diamonds, play money into real money, iron ore into armor plate, water and uranium ore into hydrogen bombs -- and the charmed item would appear wherever the Charmer wanted. The White House, the Kremlin, anywhere. It was the end of the world, of course...