Remnants #5: Mutation

There is a computer named Mother that runs the ship keeping the remaining members of the human race alive. And that computer has the ability to create imaginary worlds filled with things that don't -- can't -- exist. The problem is that this computer has evolved. It experiences emotion. And it is out of control.
Jobs, Mo'Steel, 2Face, Billy, and the other Remnants are struggling to survive within Mother's environments. But they are not all surviving. And they've discovered new Remnants -- one of which has undergone a strange mutation. A mutation that has made him into a living, breathing monster....

US Release Date: February 2002

Pages: 160

Chapters: 23, plus prologue

Who's on the cover?: Kubrick

Cover Artist: Jonathan Barkat

Cover Designer: Ursula S. Albano

Dedication: For Michael and Jake

Chapter by Chapter:
Prologue: pages 1-3, Kubrick.
Chapter 1: pages 4-9, Mo'Steel. "I've always known things."
Chapter 2: pages 10-18, Jobs. "Details aren't my thing."
Chapter 3: pages 19-24, Jobs. "One, two, three -- pull!"
Chapter 4: pages 25-29, Billy Weir. "The most we can do is offer a prayer."
Chapter 5: pages 30-36, Mo'Steel. "Give that boy the canned ham!"
Chapter 6: pages 37-43, Mo'Steel. "The New World is a big movie theater"
Chapter 7: pages 44-54, Jobs. "The civil war is already on."
Chapter 8: pages 55-58, Yago. "Nobody asked her to get all heroic..."
Chapter 9: pages 59-63, Kubrick. "Happy people don't make noises like that."
Chapter 10: pages 64-72, Yago. "It's trying to kill us."
Chapter 11: pages 73-81, Billy Weir, Mo'Steel. "The computer is mad."
Chapter 12: pages 82-90, Mo'Steel, Jobs. "But up there, I'm big!"
Chapter 13: pages 91-95, Jobs. "The kid's got style."
Chapter 14: pages 96-100, Kubrick. "Maybe you're a superhero."
Chapter 15: pages 101-108, Yago. "Time for the lifeboats."
Chapter 16: pages 109-113, Billy Weir. "I am also insane."
Chapter 17: pages 114-124, Jobs, 2Face. "You want fries with that?"
Chapter 18: pages 125-131, Jobs. "Are you sure this is the kingdom you want to command?"
Chapter 19: pages 132-138, Violet Blake. "Trouble."
Chapter 20: pages 139-145, 2Face. "Chez Weird, I presume."
Chapter 21: pages 146-151, 2Face. "The safest place should be under the covers."
Chapter 22: pages 152-157, Violet Blake. "Looks cozy enough to me."
Chapter 23: pages 158-160, Jobs. "Two sad, lonely creatures in a lonely setting."
Sample Chapter included: Chapter 4 of Breakdown.

Deaths: None.

Human Population at beginning: 28

Human Population at end: 28

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