Cover title.

This book reads from right to left.

"First published in Japan in 2014 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo as Shingeki no kyojin Before the fall."

"Attack on Titan created by Hajime Isayama ; character designs by Thores Shibamoto."

"Cut alive from his mother's womb after she had been eaten by a rampaging Titan, Kuklo has spent his entire life in chains as a freakish curiosity and a feared abomination. Eventually the boy they call the 'Titan's son' finds hemself sold to wealthy merchant Dario Inocencio as a plaything for his cruel and ambitious son Xavi. Kuklo knows nothing but abuse and neglect but help may come from the most unexpected place"--Back cover, v. 1.