Read the highest-rated manga of all time, Fullmetal Alchemist, in English. In a world where alchemy is a hard science governed by the Law of Equivalent Exchange, brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric commit the ultimate taboo: attempting human transmutation to resurrect their dead mother. The ritual fails disastrously, costing Ed his limbs and Al his entire body. Now, as the youngest State Alchemist in history, Edward leads their journey to find the legendary Philosopher's Stone to restore their bodies, uncovering a dark conspiracy that threatens the entire nation of Amestris.