R.E.M. is Book 2 in the DNA Trilogy. Book 1 is titled: Too many Frogs in the Pond.

It is 2074 and the major cities of the world are in isolation after hundreds of nuclear bombs have fallen in between the major cities of the world.

In a post-apocalyptic Sydney, ruled by a dictator and his dangerous side-kick, Zombie-like workers labour beneath the whips of their overseers. A power struggle and a hidden cache of arms leads to violence, crucifixion, murder and, eventually, to the dawning of a new age.