The year is 4001 AD Led by the artificial intelligence called " Father" the island nation of Japan has expanded out of the Pacific & into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below With billions to feed & protect it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce the law of Father&s empire
- the mysterious folk hero known as Rai They say he can appear out of nowhere They say he is a spiritthe ghost of Japan But when the first murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father&s benevolent reign Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformedand his own long-lost humanity Collects issues 1-4 of Rai an all-new vision of the future from comics superstars Matt Kindt & Clayton Crain