By Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko. Art by Gabriel Hardman. Twenty years before Astronaut Taylor, the Planet of the Apes is gripped with a cataclysmic crisis between Apes and Man! The rigid caste system is breaking down. Humans can’t speak and are considered animals, but are tolerated. Scientific curiosity is smashing old taboos. When an Ape general named Aleron discovers that the Lawgiver’s most sacred commandment—Ape Does Not Kill Ape—has been broken, he unwittingly unlocks a vast conspiracy deep in Ape City that will upend society, and all of history. On the run and faced with unspeakable betrayal, Aleron crosses paths with Doctor Zaius, Zira, Cornelius, and others as he journeys into the heart of the Forbidden zone.
