Edward Elric is the Fullmetal Alchemist. He is a prodigy,
becoming the youngest State Alchemist in the Army's
history. Edward stunned his superiors by using Alchemy
without an array, a miraculous feat never witnessed before.
Ed despises being "a dog of the military," but it grants
him the opportunity to seek out the legendary Philosopher's
Stone, a crimson crystal rumored to increase the power of
the Alchemist who uses it.

Edward seeks the stone so that he may restore his missing
limbs, and more importantly reunite his younger brother
Alphonse's body with his soul, which was tragically trapped
in a suit of armor after a failed attempt through Alchemy to
revive the dead Tricia Elric, the boys' mother.

Edward realizes he has a gift, a gift that most State Alchemists
could only dream of having. But he knows that with that gift
he becomes a high profile target. As Edward reluctantly fights
off a crazed assassin who vows revenge on all State
Alchemists, Edward begins to unravel the clues that reveal that
not all is as it seems at the highest levels of the State Military.
And, that there is a terrible secret behind the precious
Philosopher's Stone.