TO THE BITTER END Three hundred years ago, when the black staves rained down from the sky and monstrous titans called homunculi threatened to wipe out humanity, countries set aside their differences to unite against their impending doom, eventually defeating the hellish beasts. But a lone survivor, the Homunculus King, has now reappeared in nineteenth-century London to wreak havoc and finish what its brethren started. Entrusted by his predecessor to protect the city of London, brilliant alchemist Lee Heartrib may be the only man who can prevent humanity’s annihilation. Will he finally see his own dream of paradise on earth realized?