Chapter Summaries

A corporate worker died in a truck collision and awoke as a baby inside a spacecraft headed for Earth. Russian-speaking men pulled him from the craft in a snowy landing site, leaving him to face his new life without knowing who he was.

• A truck struck the corporate worker’s electric car, killing him, and no one beyond his boss noticed he was gone.
• The worker awoke in a padded spacecraft and realized he had a baby’s body, with no memories of its original owner.
• He watched the craft pass planets and approach Earth, speculating about whether it was an escape pod or space coffin.
• The spacecraft entered Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into a patch of ground without injuring him inside.
• Modern men in thick white coats opened the hatch and pulled the crying baby into the snow while speaking Russian.

Ennu No Odin, a transmigrated alien held in a sealed Siberian facility, endured years of isolation before researchers escalated their experiments into severe physical torture. After his captors stopped providing food and left the lights on, he weakened and died of starvation.

• Ennu No Odin lived alone in a sterile cell, receiving scant meals and occasional medical examinations from guarded researchers.
• As his body reached a developmental bottleneck, the researchers began inflicting injuries to study his recovery and physical limits.
• The increasingly brutal experiments drove Ennu No Odin toward despair as he feared the researchers would eventually mutilate or dissect him.
• One day the lights stayed on and food deliveries stopped, leaving Ennu No Odin with only tap water.
• Ennu No Odin fainted from hunger and exhaustion, then stopped breathing and died, with his final thought that he was hungry.

Director Peter Roslov's log traced the institute's decades-long study of Alien One, an extraterrestrial child, as funding cuts and political upheaval pushed Roslov toward increasingly extreme research. The log ended after Roslov learned the KGB was targeting him and vowed to remain at the institute.

• In 1970, soldiers found a baby in an advanced escape pod in Siberia, and the government established the institute to study him as Alien One.
• Roslov rejected proposals to dissect Alien One or train him as a soldier, and he chose to limit the child's development while the institute searched for answers.
• By 1980, the institute had failed to decipher the pod or find useful effects in Alien One's biology, leaving Roslov to question whether the child was truly an alien.
• In 1983, Roslov handed over the escape pod to the higher-ups in exchange for continued funding to study Alien One.
• As funding and supplies dwindled, Roslov pursued private resources and found that Alien One healed faster than ordinary humans, though his genetics remained unreadable.
• In 1990, Roslov learned the KGB was targeting him and declared that he would stay at the institute; the August 1 entry was his final record.

A group of young people searched an abandoned Siberian research base and discovered a dead man behind a sealed door. As they carried him away to bury him, the Yellow Sun began to revive him.

• The young people searched the abandoned base and found supplies, weapons, and intact power and heating systems, but no documents.
• They opened a sealed iron door and found a pale, emaciated man sprawled on the floor.
• The group checked the man and concluded he was dead, then decided to carry him outside and bury him.
• Six young men struggled to carry the unusually heavy body toward the village cemetery.
• As sunlight fell on the body, it began to show signs of life, though the young people did not notice.

A dying man underwent violent enhancements from the Yellow Sun, awakening with super senses and a strengthened body while his mind remained overwhelmed and chaotic. Acting on instinct, he ran from the Russians who had carried him, crossed the sea, and finally collapsed on a distant shore.

• The Yellow Sun triggered the man's cells to enhance his senses, body, and brain through cycles of destruction and repair, while his unchanged thought patterns left his mind in chaos.
• The young Russians threw the unconscious man onto the ground, startling him awake as he roared and sprang up.
• The man fled instinctively toward the Yellow Sun's light, leaving the frightened Russians behind.
• He ran at tremendous speed across land and over the sea, breaking the sound barrier and slowing as he went.
• The naked, soaked man reached a coast and collapsed onto the sand.

A starving man woke in an old stranger’s home after being rescued from a beach, struggling to manage his heightened senses and strength. He ate the food beside his bed and dressed in the old man’s borrowed clothes, though he accidentally tore the first shirt.

• The white-haired old man greeted the awakened man and watched him react with confusion and pain.
• The man ate bread and French fries, experiencing a flood of sensory information as his body adapted.
• The old man explained that he had found the man naked and nearly hypothermic on the beach and brought him home.
• The man tried to put on a borrowed shirt but tore it with his uncontrolled strength.
• The man carefully dressed in another of the old man’s shirts and a pair of pants.

After waking in a changed body, Henry chose a new name and accepted Old John’s offer to stay and work at his bar. He began his new life only to discover that Old John had fought alongside Captain America during World War II.

• Henry told Old John that his name was Henry and agreed to stay at the bar in exchange for work and meals.
• Henry remembered spending 7,213 days in captivity and realized that nearly twenty years had passed since he appeared in space.
• Henry decided to stop dwelling on his past life and start anew.
• Henry explored Old John’s bar and asked about the Captain America shield on the wall.
• Old John said he had fought alongside Captain America and the Howling Commandos during World War II, startling Henry.

Henry settled into life helping Old John at his bar while learning about the strange world he had landed in. By 1990, in a nameless Alaskan town on Earth, he suspected he was a Kryptonian in a world where Captain America, Mutants, vampires, and werewolves existed.

• Old John gave Henry meals in exchange for helping with chores at the bar, and Henry ate enormous amounts while trying to repay his kindness.
• Henry quickly became fluent in English and used his old habit of keeping a low profile to conceal his enhanced strength and senses.
• Henry suspected his sun-fueled growth and human appearance meant he was a Kryptonian, though he ruled out being a Saiyan.
• Old John and the townsfolk showed Henry evidence that Captain America had existed, while news reports and local sightings confirmed that Mutants and other supernatural beings were real.
• Henry learned that it was 1990 and that he was in a nameless town in Alaska, Earth; Old John remained a lonely veteran with no close family left.

Henry spent his days at Old John’s quiet bar, learning how the local men traded insults and trying to fit into their rough white American community. As he watched old movies and ate, his body continued to grow stronger, while Old John remained content to help him.

• Henry observed that the townspeople gathered at Old John’s bar, where they shared news and supported one another through hard times and celebrations.
• Henry heard Old John and the regulars trade crude insults, and he decided to adapt his manner to the town’s old-fashioned culture.
• Henry passed the quiet hours watching old movies on Old John’s television, starved for entertainment after years in a Russian research facility.
• Henry’s body continued to grow stronger as it converted all the food he ate, producing no waste.
• Old John accepted that his savings would not make him rich and willingly used what he had to help Henry.

Henry discussed his love of old movies with Old John and the bar regulars, especially the actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age. When someone suggested that Henry go to Hollywood, the bar fell silent.

• Old John asked Henry whether he really liked old movies, and Henry said they were beautiful.
• Henry explained that he had grown captivated by classic films and their actresses after watching them repeatedly.
• Henry pointed to Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday as his ideal, sparking an argument among the bar regulars about their favorite Golden Age actresses.
• The men joked about Hollywood’s future, and Henry groaned that he did not want to see it.
• Someone asked Henry why he did not go to Hollywood, and the bar fell silent.

Henry learned that king crab fishing paid exceptionally well and considered joining a crab boat despite the danger. The chapter ended with him weighing the risks against his need for money.

• The elders encouraged Henry to leave town eventually, and Old John offered him the wages he had earned at the bar.
• The townspeople discussed the approaching end of the fishing ban and the shortage of crab-boat crew.
• Henry learned that king crab fishermen could earn tens of thousands of dollars in a single trip.
• Old John warned Henry that crab fishing was exhausting and dangerous, and that some boats never returned.
• Henry remained interested in joining a crab boat because he saw few other ways to earn enough money.

Henry traveled with Old John and Polack to meet Captain George Jefferson III and seek a place on the Annie 21 for Alaska’s crab season. George accepted Henry aboard, warning him that the work would be difficult, and Old John cautioned that Henry ate a lot.

• Old John and Polack drove Henry to a larger port town to meet an experienced crab-boat captain.
• Polack found Old George aboard the Annie 21 while the captain inspected the boat’s equipment.
• Old George greeted Old John and Polack, then asked Henry his name and heard that he had not chosen a surname.
• Old George tested Henry by patting his shoulder, praised his sturdy build, and agreed to take him aboard the Annie 21.
• Old George warned Henry about the hard work at sea, while Old John joked about Henry’s appetite.

Henry adapted quickly to the brutal work aboard the crab boat Annie 21, earning the veterans’ approval despite being the only inexperienced crew member. In less than five days, he had learned to handle nearly every task except steering the boat.

• The crew called Henry “Little Green” because he was the boat’s only true rookie.
• Henry endured the nearly nonstop work of baiting and sorting crab pots, smashing ice, and handling king crabs in freezing weather and dangerous seas.
• The crew worked hard to fill the hold quickly, relying on Old George’s experience to find king crabs and guide the boat safely.
• Henry asked questions, learned quickly, and corrected mistakes promptly, so the veterans trusted him with more tasks.
• Before five days had passed, Henry had handled nearly every tool and job aboard Annie 21 except the helm.

Henry saved a young crewman and a loaded crab pot after a wave caused a hoist line to snap, while disguising his superhuman strength as a desperate effort. Old George ordered Henry and the shaken crewman to rest as the crew finished hauling the crab pots before returning to port.

• A wave jolted Annie 21 as the crew raised a full crab pot, snapping a hoist line and tangling Little Green's arm in the guide rope.
• Henry held the swinging crab pot in place while the veterans freed Little Green and reconnected the broken line.
• The crew hauled the pot safely aboard, and Old George confirmed that neither Henry nor Little Green had suffered serious injuries.
• Old George praised Henry, ordered the crew to replace the broken line, and said they would return to port after finishing the pots at the spot.
• Old George gave Henry and Little Green ten minutes to rest, and Henry went to the cabin to bring them whiskey.

Henry and the crew returned to port with a full hold of king crabs, and Old George paid everyone their wages. Henry asked Old George for another chance to work on the boat, leaving open whether he would join another voyage.

• The young Mutant recovered from his fright and rejoined the crew, while Henry returned to work after a whiskey.
• On the sixth morning, Annie 21 reached port with its hold full of king crabs, and the crew unloaded and sold the catch.
• Old George paid the crew, giving Henry extra money because Henry had helped prevent the young Mutant from losing his arm and Old George had missed the worn rope.
• Henry asked Old George if he could come aboard again because he wanted to earn more money.

After Henry finished his first crab-boat run, Old George arranged for him to rest and introduced him to Tom, who could help him cash his check and handle employment paperwork. Henry left with Tom to clean up and begin sorting out the documents and bank withdrawal.

• Old George told Henry to rest for at least three days and invited him to join another crew after about a week, while warning him to stay away from drugs.
• Old George arranged for Tom to help Henry cash his check and handle his affairs, then left Henry waiting at the harbor office.
• Tom arrived in a vintage car, brought Henry along to clean up, and offered him clean clothes for an ID photo.
• Tom explained that he could legally arrange employment certificates and related paperwork for a fee, though Henry would need to account for taxes.

Henry visited Old Tom’s employment agency to arrange documents and clean himself up, but discovered that his hair and beard resisted ordinary scissors. He awakened his Heat Vision while trying to groom himself, then faced the problem of how to use a mirror to shave without harming himself.

• Old Tom told Henry that he could arrange documents for him in Alaska and brought him to his employment agency.
• The clerk recognized Henry as one of Old George’s crew, and Henry took clean clothes into the bathroom to wash.
• Henry found that scissors could not cut his hair or beard, so he tried to awaken Heat Vision.
• Henry’s arousal triggered Heat Vision, scorching his palm and revealing that he could control the power’s intensity and duration.
• Henry wondered how he could reflect his Heat Vision with a mirror to shave his beard.

Henry discovered that his solar-powered Biological Force Field could produce precise effects, but using it for magic-like tricks wasted far more energy than ordinary superpowers. After bandaging his injured hand, he left the bathroom and encountered Tom, whose crude misunderstanding made Henry consider testing Heat Vision on him.

• Henry found that solar energy formed a force field throughout his body and let him control how his powers affected objects.
• Henry lit a flame with his fingers, but the trick rapidly drained his stored energy.
• Henry considered whether he might be a Kryptonian or a Daxamian, since lead could threaten him if he was the latter.
• Henry wrapped his badly injured right hand in cloth and left the bathroom after cleaning himself up.
• Tom mistook Henry's bandaged hand for an injury from masturbation and offered to take him to a strip club or pharmacy.
• Henry wondered what would happen if he used Heat Vision to blow Tom's head apart.

Henry cashed Old George’s check for 80,000 Dao at the First National Bank of Alaska, while Tom explained the town’s seasonal cash practices and asked how Henry had joined George’s crew. Henry left with 79,520 Dao in cash after the bank deducted its fee.

• Old Tom brought Henry to the bank, where the manager offered several ways to handle the check, but Henry chose to take cash.
• The bank manager confirmed that Henry wanted to cash Old George’s check for 80,000 Dao and went to process it.
• Tom explained that banks kept extra cash during crab season because some crewmen took their pay and never returned.
• While they waited, Tom asked how Henry had joined George’s boat, and Henry said Polack had introduced him and that he had helped resolve an accident aboard.
• The bank manager returned with 79,520 Dao after deducting the 480 Dao fee, and the clerk counted the money before the bank packed it into a complimentary bag.

Henry hired Tom to handle real documents and help him prepare for leaving town, and Tom advised him to travel by ferry with a car rather than risk carrying cash through airport security. The chapter ended with Henry accepting Tom’s twenty-five-year-old Cadillac DeVille because its license plate would help him avoid trouble with the police.

• Tom gave Henry an old backpack for his cash and explained that the bank’s conspicuous withdrawal bag could attract robbers.
• Tom charged Henry two thousand Dao for handling the documents and procedures, and Henry paid him while asking about renting a car.
• Tom recommended that Henry buy a car and take a ferry, warning that carrying his cash through airport security could cause problems.
• Henry decided to buy a car, and Tom gave him the key to his 1965 Cadillac DeVille, explaining that its license plate would discourage police from stopping him.