TSUTOMU NIHEI

The king is slain, and the princess has been whisked away to an enormous structure that descended from the sky—the Dragon Tower! The Royal Warband ascends the tower in order to save her, but they are thwarted in their quest by a powerful monster. When they seek to replace their injured soldiers, a simple farm boy arrives from a nearby village, but there may be more to him than meets the eye! Tsutomu Nihei's dungeon-crawling fantasy tale begins now! " Translation by Steven LeCroy, Lettering by Darren Smith, Editing by Katherine Tran, YKS Services LLC/SKY JAPAN, Inc.

A young man named Kaina ekes out an existence high atop the canopy that spreads from the titanic orbital spire trees. He and the handful of aging fellow villagers who remain believe they are the last humans in the world—after all, no one could survive amid the great snow sea that blankets the surface below. But they're about to learn how wrong they are… Here begins the epic tale that could change the fate of a dying world forever!

This story takes place on the frigid, massive artificial planet known as Aposimz. Eo, Biko and Etherow, residents of the White Diamond Beam, are in the middle of combat training when suddenly a girl appears, Rebedoan Empire soldiers in hot pursuit. The girl asks for their help in keeping safe a “code” and seven mysterious “bullets.” This chance encounter marks a major shift in the fate of the entire planet…

Breaking Quarantine is a story in the Halo Graphic Novel that depicts Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson's escape from the Flood Containment Facility on Installation 04. It is illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei and is fourteen pages long.