From the author of THE DROWNING GOD, James Kendley, comes another chilling tale of horror set in Southern Japan.
It s been three years since security guard Tohru Takuda and his reluctant band of monster hunters defeated the Kappa of the Naga River. Now, a mysterious artifact is driving innocents in Southern Japan to flay their friends alive, and the grisly murders turn Takuda s world upside down. Disheartened and impoverished, he struggles to lead his rag-tag team to find the artifact before it poisons the entire nation. Takuda is caught between the police, the bloodthirsty murderers, and forces conspiring to harness the artifact s horrible powers.
And all the while, he must watch his back, because the most dangerous killer may be lurking among his own men