Adaptation

Awakening to find his body has been modified with military-grade technology, Ottavio discovers that Houston's public image is far removed from reality. Meanwhile Ryan, Acolyte of The Vigils, commits an atrocious act for the leader of the Directors. Each must decide whether to follow orders into hell or beat their own path to salvation. This compendium brings all six parts together in one volume.

Agent Ottavio, showpiece experiment for Houston Corps' secret Project Adaptation, fights to retain his humanity and compassion. Meanwhile Ryan, an Acolyte of The Vigils, commits an atrocious act in order to gain the favor of a mysterious Father Abraham. Leading different paths, each finds that decisions have consequences, and humanity is not mere flesh and bone.

The next compelling book in the Adaptation saga. Ottavio forms an uneasy alliance with his liberators, the Vigils, after his escape from Houston Corps. Ryan is tested in his dealings with the Directors. Both are caught on different sides of the Director's plot, and the two eventually cross paths, with painful results.

The failure at Tucson by the hands of the Directors has Master Theodore enraged. His ire is directed squarely at Agents Ottavio and Cassandra and they are exiled from the sanctuary of the Vigils. Ryan's destiny is revealed to him when Father Abraham shares his biggest secret, but Marcus has other plans for him. As true natures are revealed, the darker side of humanity comes forth.

Adaptation Part 4 reveals what went on inside the Wheaton Facility following Ottavio's rampage. Father Abraham must come to terms with the loss of decades of planning. Ryan is equally devastated until he realizes that the quest to reignite the struggle applies also to himself. Ottavio, having escaped the explosion in Wheaton, must walk through Hell and face his demons to find salvation.

Adaptation - Part 5 takes up in the aftermath of the showdown in Minneapolis: Houston is rocked by the chaos Ottavio wrought and Project Adaptation is threatened. Although Von Braun and the crabman virus have been retrieved, Ottavio must still tread carefully around those who seek his hard-won prizes. Ryan, bolstered by the news of the virus, must decide what he truly believes about humanity.

Master Pietro's discovery precipitates a rapid chain of events. Ryan is confronted with the terrible truth about his ancestry, and his destiny, and must decide for himself which path he will take. Ottavio, held on a leash, is a fly in everyone's ointment. The individual players will be thrust together in a cataclysmic conclusion to the Adaptation series.