As the embers of the last battles of the final war continue to burn, female mercenary Deunan Knute joins the forces of ESWAT, the defenders of the seemingly Utopian city of Olympus. But Olympus is no Garden of Eden, and far worse things than serpents nest within the cybernetic coils that power the Android metropolis. Now it's up to Deunan and her former lover, the cyborg Briareos, to unravel a deadly web of plots that threaten to bring down Olympus from within! The last great war may be over, but the battle to save humanity has only just begun in APPLESEED!