Of the 43 children born
1 October 1989 with no gestation period, the eccentric
and sometimes cruel billionaire Reginald Hargreeves brought up seven of them and turned them
into the super-powered group called the Umbrella Academy when they developed powers. Nearly
thirty years later, after Hargreeves dies, the five surviving members of the group gather at
their family home. Oh, and: Number Six died some time ago and only Number Four can see him;
Number Five disappeared about seventeen years ago, but he’s back (and in his 13-year-old
body) after living 45 years in a post-apocalyptic future that’s scheduled to start in eight
days.
— Michael Main
As far as I could tell, I was the last person left alive. I never figured out what killed
the human race. I did find something else: the date it happens.
. .
. The world ends in eight days, and I have no idea how to stop it.