Arakawa, Hiromu

Despite his powers, Edward must watch his back when a mysterious killer begins stalking state alchemists.

Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric set out in search of a rare, dangerous, and illegal book and are reminded of their late mother when they meet an Ishbalan child and his foster mother along the way; and Roy Mustang runs into someone startling from his past as he investigates a case involving synthetic animals called chimeras.

Edward Elric, having lost his arm and his leg in an alchemical ritual that also left his brother Alphonse nothing but a soul in a suit of armor, goes searching for the legendary Philosopher's Stone, the only thing that can restore them to normal life.

"Though Arslan and his party have escaped Kharlan s forces, Kharlan will stop at nothing to capture the former prince of Pars. To draw out Arslan, Kharlan has an underhanded plan to massacre innocent villagers until the prince makes his appearance, but Arslan will not stand idly by while the lives of his people are at stake, so he heads out to take on Kharlan and his army"--Back cover.