Fullmetal alchemist / Arakawa, Hiromu

"In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. While the brothers seek answers in the north, they are blackmailed into aiding their adversaries in a plot that threatens the entire country"--Back cover.

"In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing buta soul in a suit of armor. In the search to get their bodies back, the duo unwittingly sets in motion sinister mechanismsthat spell disaster for one of their friends"--Amazon.

"In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. The scarred man who stalks the Elric brothers' path reemerges, this time not as the bearer of vengeance, but as the one in karma's crosshairs"--Back cover.

When the laboratory explodes, Edward is injured and forced to re-start his investigation of the Philosopher's Stone conspiracy; Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes stumbles upon a terrifying secret; and, Ed and Alphonse go south in search of Izumi Curtis, their alchemist master.

When Alphonse is kidnapped by a group of outcasts seeking the secrets of his alchemical creation, Ed and Izumi must travel into the Devil's Nest to rescue him, but they find that the inhabitants of the Devil's Nest are not human either and find themselves fighting a homunculus, an artificial human being.

While dabbling in alchemy, Edward Elric lost an arm and a leg and his brother Alphonse became a bodiless soul trapped in a suit of armor. Now, the brothers are agents of the government, dealing with evil alchemists and on a constant search for the Philosopher's Stone, the fabled alchemical treasure that is their only hope of being returned to normal.

Hohenhein has the opportunity to stop the doppleganger "father" who rules over Central City, but surprise may not be enough to help him defeat the powerful homunculus. Then, King Bradley's triumphant return may turn the battle in the military's favor.

President Bradley is set up for an assassination attempt. Then, Ed meets someone from his past, and, while Al is separated from his armor body, someone else is filling his shoes.

The Elric brothers, both injured in an alchemical ritual gone wrong, discover a terrible secret in the course of their efforts to find a cure, and Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong is presented with an offer that tests her ethics and resolve.

When the laboratory explodes, Edward is injured and forced to start his investigation of the Philosopher's Stone conspiracy over again, and Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes stumbles upon a terrifying secret.