The Diamond Gem Award-winning prequel to Attack on Titan

"The dark and oppressive atmosphere sets it apart from the original series... absolutely nightmarish and terrifying." -Comic Book Resources

A prequel series to the number one bestseller in Japan. Humanity has learned to live in complacency behind its high walls, protected from the giant Titans. But when a Titan-worshipping cult opens one of the gates, a Titan wreaks havoc, consuming the cultists. After the rampage is over, two young Survey Corps members are shocked to discover a pregnant woman's partially digested corpse...

FREE TO FACE THE TRUTH
Kuklo had spent his entire life in cages, feared and hated as "the Titan's son." Then he met Sharle Inocencio, a young girl who defied her father and brother to care for and educate the abused boy in secret -- and plot his escape from the dungeon, and her escape from her betrothal. But the night they've dreamed of brings new horrors with it, and Kuklo becomes obsessed with proving that he is not the monster everyone has always assumed him to be. That means meeting a Titan for himself, in person...

WAITING IN THE DARK
Kuklo heads to Shiganshina District to test the new model of the Device, while Sharle anxiously awaits his return at Xenophon's workshop. But long after Kuklo's expected date of return, there is still no sign of him... Meanwhile, an anti-government group carries out a plan in the Industrial City, where Sharle works. Little do they know, Xavi has infiltrated the mission on orders from above.

EXCAVATING THE PAST
With Kuklo's fate unknown, Sharle has to take matters into her own hands by tracking down the reclusive Angel, inventor of the Device that could one day be the difference between survival or extinction at the hands of the Titans. But Angel is no longer the same man he once was, and the journey to reach him will be a perilous one, to say nothing of actually enlisting his help...

The Diamond Gem Award-winning prequel to Attack on Titan! -The dark and oppressive atmosphere sets it apart from the original series... absolutely nightmarish and terrifying.- -Comic Book Resources

The prequel to the number one bestselling Attack on Titan and winner of the Diamond Gem Award for best manga continues

Humanity has learned to live in complacency behind its high walls, protected from the giant Titans. But when a Titan-worshipping cult opens one of the gates, a Titan wreaks havoc, consuming the cultists. After the rampage is over, two young Survey Corps members are shocked to discover a pregnant woman's partially digested corpse - with her baby still alive inside it What will the fate of this "child of the Titans" be? And how will humanity learn to cope with the...