This epic mystery interweaves an inexplicable death in Tokyo in 1989 with a chain of strange crimes at Shukumei Castle, built in Manchuria in 1938. Through Kiriko, who pursues her late husband, the novel unfolds across interlocking eras and realities.

Mysteries spanning eras and worlds converge at Shukumei Castle.

Set in Cairo in 1798 as Napoleon's fleet approaches, this novel follows the slave Ayyub as he seeks the Book of Calamities, said to overturn history. Its layered structure evokes The Thousand and One Nights as narrated stories begin to intrude upon reality.

An epic of Cairo nights in which narrated stories reshape reality.