The new masterpiece by Tsutomu Nihei (Blame!, Knights of Sidonia) combines a sophisticated manga for adults with the best of the Shônen world into a spectacular action spectacle. 500 years ago, the people of the artificial planet Aposimz lost the war against the core of the planet, and thus also the right to live inside Aposimz. Since then, they have been fighting for survival on the icy surface of the planet. They hide in the ruins of a long-gone era to escape the oppression of the aggressive cyborgs (or puppets) of the core, while a mysterious disease transforms them one by one into puppets.