Human civilization collapsed due to the "Seven Days of Fire" war. Thousands of years later, the desolate land was covered by a fungus forest that released toxic miasma - the "Sea of Corruption". It was a place where gas masks were required to enter. , otherwise the forest would kill you from lung rot in just five minutes. There are many huge insects living in the Sea of Corruption. As long as humans want to burn the trees in the Sea of Corruption to drive away the insects, or if they want to kill any insect, the "King Insect", the king of insects in the Sea of Corruption, will attack. So humans live a life of fear of the sea of rot and swarms of insects. On the shore of the Acid Lake, there is a border country called "Nausicaa of the Wind" that is not affected by the poison of the Sea of Corruption due to the sea breeze. Nausicaä, the princess of the Valley of the Wind, governs the country in place of her father Kil, who was poisoned by the Sea of Corruption. Nausicaa has magical powers. She can freely enter and leave the sea of decay that people fear, and she can also make fox squirrels who are always reluctant to approach humans be willing to approach her. One night, Domekia's large transport ship crashed into the Nausicaa of the Wind. Nausicaa rescues Rasdelle, the princess of Paget City, who is being held captive on a ship. After Rastelle ordered Nausicaa to throw the cargo off the ship, she passed away──About the author Hayao Miyazaki's original work, script, and supervision were all served by Hayao Miyazaki. It was originally a comic work of supervision, and was later adapted into a first feature-length novel. Animated films, which constantly used the latest technology at the time, were also representative works of Studio Ghibli in its heyday. Many of the staff who participated in the production are now among the best in the industry, and it is a fantasy classic like a textbook in the Japanese animation industry.
和少年阿斯貝魯依同墜落在腐海深部的娜烏西卡，了解到腐海的存在是為了淨化被人類污染的土地，蟲群則是擔任保護腐海的任務而棲息其間。
當她正打算回去告訴大家而飛往培吉特，卻發現蟲類摧毀了城市，並且人們還捕捉王蟲幼蟲想要重施故計吸引蟲群摧毀占領風之谷的多魯美奇亞軍，沒想到當蟲群逼近的時候，重生到一半的巨神兵卻爬了出來，雙方大戰一觸及發…究竟風之谷是否能逃離被摧毀的命運？
本書特色
宮崎駿的奇幻曠世代表作──風之谷的故事書繪本下集。
東販代理出版的吉卜力工作室作品之故事書，這是系列的第15本，除了大字、全部增加注音符號、容易閱讀之外還是印刷細膩的精裝本。透過編纂，以淺顯的方式將提倡環境保育和世界和平的經典之作介紹給大小朋友。
作者簡介
宮崎駿
原作．腳本．監督都由宮崎駿擔任，原本是監督的漫畫作品，後來改編成為第一部長篇動畫電影，在當時不斷使用了最新的技術，也是吉卜力工作室的全盛時期的代表性作品。參加製作的工作人員如今很多都已經在業界獨占鰲頭，是日本動畫界如同教科書一般的奇幻經典。