Now a major motion picture!
Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has
been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical
implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly
converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged
to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and
cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers" who are capable of exploiting
the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets
to carry out the hackers' criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the
cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her
into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of
consciousness and the human soul are turned upside down.
From Shirow Masamune, the award-winning creator of Appleseed and
Dominion, comes The Ghost in the Shell, the breakthrough manga that
inspired the internationally acclaimed animated film. An epic dystopian
tale of politics, technology, and metaphysics, The Ghost in the Shell
has been hailed worldwide as an unparalleled visionary work of graphic
fiction. And now it's ready to dazzle the imagination in its second
millennium.
This edition includes a new Introduction from Dark Horse publisher Mike
Richardson, and a fascinating Postscript from author Shirow Masamune,
with his thoughts on the phenomenon that is The Ghost in the Shell!