About this item
Alchemy: the mystical power to alter the natural world; something between magic, art and science. When two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, dabbled in this power to grant their dearest wish, one of them lost an arm and a leg...and the other became nothing but a soul locked into a body of living steel. Now Edward is an agent of the government, a slave of the military-alchemical complex, using his unique powers to obey orders...even to kill. Except his powers aren't unique. The world has been ravaged by the abuse of alchemy. And in pursuit of the ultimate alchemical treasure, the Philosopher's Stone, their enemies are even more ruthless than they are...
About the Author
Hiromu Arakawa (author: ) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (????) .Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm in Hokkaid?. She thought of being a manga artist since she was little. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes while working on her family's farm. During that time, she also created d?jinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine. After eight years she moved to T?ky? and started out as assistant writer for Hiroyuki Et?. Her debut as manga artist is in 1999 with . In 2001 she started working on her famous and award winning series , that soon gets a successful anime adaptation. Other works include (??? Silver Spoon,
