First part of the cyberpunk noir trilogy based on Tow Ubukata's award-winning sci-fi novels set in Mardock City. Plot : A teenage prostitute Rune Balot is murdered in an explosion by the devious gambler Shell. Under the "Scramble09" ordinance, Balot is miraculously saved by Dr Easter and his self-aware Universal Tool, Eufcoque. Resurrected as a powerfully advanced cyborg and equipped with Eufcoque, Balot confronts the worst of Mardock City's psychotic underworld as she hunts down the killer who took her life. Includes a 20-page booklet.