The X‑Files: Ground Zero (novel by Kevin J. Anderson) is a tie‑in thriller based on The X‑Files TV series. In it, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate a bizarre case when a prominent nuclear weapons scientist is found mysteriously incinerated into a radioactive cinder on federal property. As more unrelated victims meet the same bizarre fate in different parts of the U.S., Mulder and Scully uncover a disturbing pattern. The deaths appear connected by a hidden, dangerous secret that could have deadly global consequences, and the pair must unravel the mystery — despite bureaucratic resistance and conspiracy — before the threat escalates.