Gladiator

The classic novel about a superhuman seeking his purpose in life—and the inspiration for Superman and the pulp hero Doc Savage.

Obsessed with creating a superior human being possessing super-strength and endurance, a scientist injects his pregnant wife with a formula to alter their unborn child's genetics. When Hugo Danner arrives into the world—on Christmas Day—his physique is unlike other newborns and his abilities soon manifest. His God-fearing mother prays her son is not an abomination w...