Set against Hokkaido’s nature and human wildness, this novel follows a young man wounded by his relationship with his father as he recovers the will to live. Civilization, the body, animality, and renewal resonate strongly.

The wildness inside a human being rises as a force for life.

Set in Hokkaido near the end of the war, this police novel follows a special higher police officer investigating poisonings and a military secret. Ainu identity, nation, war, and discrimination intertwine in a robust historical mystery.

A northern special police officer confronts wartime darkness and the lies of the state.