Down-on-his-luck comic artist Ryan is bitten by a mysterious beetle—and his body begins to mutate.Bullets can’t touch him. Armed robbers are no match for his bare hands. He becomes a living superhuman.But this “gift” quickly turns into a curse.The biotech giant ApexGen, creators of the beetle, label Ryan a high-risk test subject that must be eliminated.At the same time, terminally ill tycoon Carter sees Ryan as his only hope for survival—and offers a fortune in company shares for his cooperation