Blame! Series by Tsutomu Nihei

"A sci-fi adventure set in the Blame! universe"--Cover, p. [4].

In a future world rife with decay and destruction, Killy is a man of few words who packs one very powerful gun. He wanders an endless labyrinth of cyberdungeons filled with concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other bizarre silicate creatures. Everyone is searching for the Net Terminal Genes, but no one is quite certain what kind of power they contain. The answer may lie hidden among the scattered human settlements of this vast and desolate future world.

Oh his quest to find the human possessing Net Terminal Genes, Killy embarks on a journey full of action-adventure and dark discovery before entering Cluster Town. Is there still hope for the last of the dying human settlements? Rated for older teens.

"Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, it's stunningly drawn and impossible to put down." â€"Play Magazine Having been delivered an imperative by the Authority to find the Net Terminal Genes--the key to halting the rapid and random growth of Cluster Town--Killy and Cibo come closer to unlocking the secrets of the Netsphere. However, the ability to actually understand the language of the Net Terminal Gene carriers may have been forever lost... more"Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, it's stunningly drawn and impossible to put down." â€"Play Magazine Having been delivered an imperative by the Authority to find the Net Terminal Genes--the key to halting the rapid and random growth of Cluster Town--Killy and Cibo come closer to unlocking the secrets of the Netsphere. However, the ability to actually understand the language of the Net Terminal Gene carriers may have been forever lost. Will Killy find a way to translate these seemingly undecipherable signals before the Authority itself is destroyed by its own creation? less

When Cibo's body dies during the battle between the Electrofishers and the Safeguard, her consciousness is teleported to a Backup Cyberspace, where she overloads the program the Safeguard is using to control its troops... moreWhen Cibo's body dies during the battle between the Electrofishers and the Safeguard, her consciousness is teleported to a Backup Cyberspace, where she overloads the program the Safeguard is using to control its troops. But this won't stave off the troops for long, and unless Killy figures out a way to unlock the limiter on his Graviton Beam Emitter, the quest for the Net Terminal Genes is about to come to a crashing end! "Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, it's stunningly drawn and impossible to put down." -Dave Halverson, Play Magazine less

Killy has been blazing through the deadly caves of Toha Heavy Industries. But even as he comes closer to finding humans with Net Terminal Genes, the one thing he's been trying to avoid stands in his way... "Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, it's stunningly drawn and impossible to put down." -Dave Halverson, Play Magazine

Multiple showdowns go down simultanously in the cyberdungeon world of BLAME...and Killy is just one Gravitron Beam Emitter away from meeting his ultimate maker. "Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, it's stunningly drawn and impossible to put down." -Dave Halverson, Play Magazine

Killy is getting closer to the rescue signal in the lost scientific facility. Killy and Cibo are not prepared for what awaits them in the corridor. Join us as Killy seeks the answer to humanity by unlocking the secrets of the Net Terminal genes. Older teens.

Killy and Dhomochevsky don't trust each other, but they have a more pressing concern: retrieving Cibo's capsule of human genetic information. The capsule has been stolen by the Silicon Creatures, who will use it to attempt a provisional connection to the Netsphere. Older teens.

In the aftermath of an apocalyptic battle, all that remains in the world of Blame! is grim: Killy is on the brink of death, and Cibo's fusion with the Level 9 Safeguard unit has reduced her once-impressive intellect to that of a child. As the merciless silicon creatures close in, a mind-boggling spherical space inside the city may hold the key to salvation... "Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, it's stunningly drawn and impossible to put down." -Dave Halverson, Play Magazine

Killy's journey takes him back to where it all began for him. The man of few words that he is, he saves the central city by granting it its greatest wish...the elimination of the silicate creatures. But there is much much more to the mystery...And will saving the city cost him his life and end his search for Net Terminal Genes?