In the distant future humanity struggles for survival against the threat of creatures called
Shades. A boy named Nier lives with his little sister Yonah in one small village scraping by
on the goodwill of neighbors and friends. When a terrible illness assails Yonah Nier's life
begins to change at a dizzying pace. Lunar Tears. The Black Scrawl. The Song of the Ancients.
The Shadowlord. Petrification. These things and more will turn his world upside down--and
change it forever.--
