Outsider Ka / Original Title: the OUTSIDER

[Machine Translation] The court tragedy brought the slaughter to a close. But Ralph's feelings were not cleared. The evidence showed that Terry was in a distant town that day. Then what was the testimony that he had seen Terry on the night of the crime? Was it not Terry who exchanged words with the witness in bloody clothes? Ralph, with the help of detective Yunel from another precinct and detective Holly, begins a secret re-investigation. New evidence, new testimony, and new puzzles confront Ralph one after another. Finally, they discover that there have been several similar cases in the past. Similar slaughters. Countless pieces of evidence point to a "culprit. But the arrested suspect denies the crime... Was Terry not the only one? Is the "man with straw eyes" who appeared in front of Terry's young daughter a real person? Unel tells us that in Mexican folklore there is a man called "El Cuco," a black man with a black sack, an evil demon who sacrifices children - and finally the horror begins to overflow. Outsiders. El Cuco. He will kill again. Only Ralph and his friends know what he is. The horror that gnaws at the reader's heart and the courage to fight it. A nonstop modern horror film that goes full throttle, as if returning to the early days of "The Cursed City" and "IT".

裁判所の悲劇で惨殺事件は幕を閉じた。しかしラルフの気持ちは晴れない。あの日にテリーが遠い町にいたことは証拠が示していた。ならば犯行当夜にテリーを見たという証言は何だったのか。血まみれの服で目撃者と言葉を交わしたのはテリーではなかったというのか?ラルフは別の署の刑事ユネルと探偵のホリーの手を借りて、密かに再調査を開始する。新たな証拠、新たな証言が、新たな不可解をつぎつぎにラルフに突きつける。そしてついに、彼らは同じような事件が過去に複数起きていたことを突き止める。同様の惨殺事件。無数の証拠が指し示す「犯人」。しかし逮捕された容疑者は犯行を否認する...。テリーだけではなかったのか。テリーの幼い娘の前にあらわれた「目の代わりに藁がついている男」は現実のものなのか?ユネルが言う、メキシコの伝承に「エル・クーコ」というのがいる、それは黒い袋を持った黒い男、子供を犠牲にする悪鬼―ついに恐怖があふれだす。アウトサイダー。エル・クーコ。そいつはまた子供を殺すだろう。その正体を知るのはラルフたちしかいない。読む者の心を苛む恐怖と、それに戦いを挑む勇気。『呪われた町』『IT』などの初期に回帰したかのごとく巨匠がフルスロットルで描き出すノンストップ・モダン・ホラーの登場。