When Dr. Isaac Gilmore tweaks the genetic code of a captured alien virus in 2041, he accidentally creates an unspeakably destructive shapeshifting plague—dubbed the Xeno-5 Strand. What begins as an isolated lab outbreak in a futuristic Tokyo research institute soon erupts into a full-scale global disaster.

Just years after the world beat back the original Xeno-3 epidemic, this new mutant “protean” strain proves even deadlier, triggering chilling bodily transformations. In hours, the entire metro area becomes engulfed by a biological tidal wave turning millions into ravenous beasts acting as one.

With apocalyptic annihilation looming, special operative Jiro Yamada ventures into the hotzone’s shifting landscape of alien tissue, nightmarish architecture and strange psychic phenomena to rescue Dr. Gilmore and secure research needed to formulate a cure. However, shadowy political interests have other plans for deploying the lab-grown viral payload that Jiro is determined to stop at all costs.

He bands together with the doctor’s gifted young daughter and a squad of misfit scavengers caught behind enemy lines. But can their makeshift alliance adapt fast enough to withstand the nightmare bubbling up from secret military Crypt labs seeded across the city? Hope hangs in the balance on whether Jiro’s team can uncover a counteragent before a key zero hour when Protean will enter an unstoppable final stage.

Protean Relapse 2041

Nabila winced seeing blood oozing from the old woman's feet, dragging chains that clinked harshly with each labored step. 


…..She was just one among dozens of hunched laborers, condemned prisoners sentenced to brutal concrete shifts expanding Cassou's sparkling new Justice Complex. 


…..The imposing government towers grew daily while wasted souls stacked its foundations stone by stone. 


…. The work gang overseer shoved Nabila roughly toward her waiting car. 


….She glimpsed the prisoner's sunken eyes again before her chauffeur swept her inside. 


"Best avoid this route in future, Miss Nabila. 


….Her driver navigated smoothly around the grim scene. 


… But Nabila felt something deeper disturbed within her familiar world. 


She had believed her beloved father Qassam's assurances that temporary justice restrictions protected Cassou against foreign aggressors and lawless tribes. 


Tension Rising (iii) Nabila