Nue no Hi

[Machine Translation] The first new full-length work in the Hyakki Yagyo series in 17 years has finally arrived! A writer is bewitched by his daughter who has a memory of a murder. A detective pursues three missing bodies. A school priest is at the mercy of a mysterious light. A detective pursues a missing person. A woman visits to hear the voices of the dead. And the shadow of the Public Security Bureau looms in the background. An antiquarian bookshop is sent to examine an unearthed document, but can it exorcise the "ghost of a monster" that appears to be a chimera? The latest in the series.

殺人の記憶を持つ娘に惑わされる作家。消えた三つの他殺体を追う刑事。妖光に翻弄される学僧。失踪者を追い求める探偵。死者の声を聞くために訪れた女。そして見え隠れする公安の影。発掘された古文書の鑑定に駆り出された古書肆は、縺れ合いキメラの如き様相を示す“化け物の幽霊”を祓えるか。『姑獲鳥の夏』から30年―ついに顕現、「京極小説」最新大巨編!