cybernetics

"Far beneath the shimmering space-city of Zalem lie the trash-heaps of The Scrapyard ... Here, cyber-doctor and bounty hunter Daisuke Ido finds the head and torso of amnesic cyborg girl. He names her Alita and vows to fill her life with beauty, but in a moment of desperation, a fragment of Alita's mysterious past awakens in her. She discovers that she possesses uncanny prowess in the legendary martial art known as panzerkunst. With her newfound skills, Alita decides to become a hunter-warrior--tracking down and taking those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity in the dark and gritty world of The Scrapyard?"--Back cover.

Discusses the technology and development of self-driving cars.

Fifteen-year-old Elijah, in the company of a group of freedom fighters, attempts to cross the Andes Mountains, while pursued by troops of the paramilitary force known as the Propater which is trying to take control of the world in the wake of a devastating pandemic.

As the Closure virus begins to mutate, Sophie and Kenji continue to fight Propator forces and protect a Chinese political leader.

A brutal virus has destroyed most of the human population leaving the paramilitary Propater forces in charge to pursue world domination.

Elijah and Cherubim cross paths with a group of supposed freedom fighters led by an inscrutable man named Colonel Khan. Cherubim is appropriated and reprogrammed, pulling Elijah even deeper into a world of relentless peril.

Elijah seeks help from the Automater, a cyborg crime boss, in his pursuit of Pedro, a sadistic criminal.

Alita, a cyborg participates in the dangerous Motorball games.

"Following her parting with Figure Four, Alita starts a new life as a TUNED agent with new powers. As she travels the desert, she's reunited with Koyomi, meets the eccentric blind psychometrist, Kaos--and comes into contact with Den, terrifying leader of Barjack"--Back cover.

Alita faces the vengeance of old enemy Zapan.