The Big O

Paradigm City is a place built on missing memories. Ever since a catastrophe forty years ago, its residents have lived among the remnants of a forgotten past, surrounded by an atmosphere of lingering mystery. Roger Smith works there as a professional negotiator—cool, impeccably dressed, and drawn into problems that rarely stay simple for long.

What begins as routine bargaining often pulls Roger into crimes and dangers threatening the city itself. With Norman, his capable and steadfast butler, and Dorothy, a humanlike android with a sharp, deadpan edge, Roger confronts enemies from the shadows using the towering black mecha known as Big O—while inching closer to the truth behind the calamity that erased Paradigm City’s history.