Appleseed Deluxe Edition

Before Ghost in the Shell came Appleseed – Shirow Masamune’s visionary science-fiction manga series, now in Dark Horse’s celebrated Deluxe hardcover format with wraparound cover artwork, colored endpapers, ribbon bookmark and gilded edges.

The year is 2127. After a devastating global war, Deunan, a former SWAT officer, and Briareos, a cyborg ex-mercenary, fight their way through the ruins of the old world. There they are found by Hitomi, who recruits them for Olympus – a highly advanced, experimental city that survived the apocalypse.

Olympus is an oasis of peace that now wants to step beyond its safety zone to rebuild the world. To do so, philosophers, planners and scientists need the support of people who can fight. Olympus offers Deunan and Briareos a new, safe home – and access to cutting-edge weapons technology, including the armored combat frame called the Landmate.

Soon the pair are caught up in the paradoxes and power struggles of Olympus: they are tasked with protecting the city’s citizens – from outsiders and insiders alike – while at the same time learning to distrust the secrets of their new home. Because as much as Deunan and Briareos believe in Olympus, they refuse to be pawns on a bigger chessboard, even in the noblest of causes.

• Features: Cover printing in six colors on silver foil, four-color endpapers, glued-in ribbon bookmark, metallic edge finish.
• Includes: Appleseed Volume 1: The Promethean Challenge, Volume 2: Prometheus Unbound, Volume 3: The Scales of Prometheus, Volume 4: The Promethean Balance.