In a future version of Earth there is a city grown so chaotically massive that its inhabitants no longer recall what "land" is Within this megastructure the silent stoic Kyrii is on a mission to find the Net Terminal Gene—a genetic mutation that once allowed humans to access the cybernetic Net Sphere Armed with a powerful Graviton Beam Emitter Kyrii fends off waves of attacks from fellow humans cyborgs & silicon-based lifeforms Along the way he encounters a highly-skilled scientist whose body has deteriorated from a lengthy imprisonment who promises to help Kyrii find the Net Terminal Gene once she settles a score for herself Meet the Author Tsutomu Nihei is an internationally known Japanese comic artist & draftsman Born in 1971 Nihei made his debut in the comics world as the winner of the 1995 Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for short stories He then briefly worked as an assistant to veteran comicker Tsutomu Takahashi before making his break-through hit BLAME! (published by Tokyopop) The BLAME! franchise was so well received worldwide that it inspired an animated mini-series & eventually drew the attention of Marvel Comics in the US Nihei would later go on to draw Wolverine (X-Men) & HALO comics for Marvel to great fanfare An architectural student Nihei&s early work were mainly wordless relying on visuals & backgrounds to tell their stories Now his works are deeply rooted in hard science-fiction as was seen in the multiple NY Times Bestselling books HALO The Graphic Novel (published by Marvel Comics) & BIOmega (published by Viz Media)