Willow and Buffy head to New York City to unlock the secrets of Buffy"s mysterious scythe, when something goes terribly awry. Buffy is propelled into a dystopian future where there"s only one Slayer -- Fray, the title character of Joss Whedon"s 2001 series, the first comic he ever wrote. Their uneasy alliance falls apart, leading to the death of a major character from the TV series, while back in the twenty-first century, the Scotland base falls prey to a mystical bomb courtesy of the Biggest Bad-Twilight. The first two volumes of Buffy Season Eight have combined to sell over 160,000 copies! Includes the highly anticipated Buffy/Fray crossover, "Time of Your Life," and "After These Messages . . . We"ll Be Right Back," written by Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween)!