The Ultimate Vampire Resource and Directory

In 1955, an explosion in Antarctica draws the attention of a group of scientists. There they discover dozens of charred bodies—and one live one in a mechanical exoskeleton. The survivor, Sathanas, kills all but one scientist, whom he uses to meet Senator Aldus Hilltop. Together, with Sathanas’ existence kept secret, the three construct Project Next Men, which creates batches of super-humans who are raised in a virtual reality.

Five of these Next Men manage to escape from confinement, but once free they find that their powers are very different than they were in their virtual world. The Next Men are:

1. Nathan, whose mutated eyes are large and black and allow him to see a wide spectrum of light.
2. Jasmine, a young super-acrobat.
3. Jack, who is super-strong but cannot control his strength.
4. Bethany, who is invulnerable to harm, but who loses physical sensation and whose skin bleaches white.
5. Danny, who can run at superhuman speeds.

Dreams...disfigurement... and death. The mutates escape from Project Next Men only to find themselves on the run in a world completely different from their memories.