Part-time worker Michiro Tezuka turns to counterfeiting with his friend Masato in an effort to repay Masato's debt. Their perilous scheme grows into a larger gamble amid detailed knowledge of banknotes and the shadow of criminal organizations in this full-length suspense novel.

A full-length suspense novel about friendship and determination tested through the dangerous gamble of counterfeiting.

From defeat and Siberian internment through war-reparations business, defense procurement, and the rise of the Nakasone administration, this nonfiction work traces the career of former Imperial General Headquarters staff officer Ryuzo Sejima. Drawing on interviews with a broad range of people, the Kyodo News social affairs desk examines power and responsibility behind the darker side of Japan's wartime and postwar history.

The path of a former Imperial General Headquarters officer illuminates the hidden side of modern Japanese history across war and peace.