Dimensions
155 x 233 x 34mm
Mariko Oshiro is in trouble with the mob. After she kills a yakuza enforcer in self-defense, a high-ranking underboss wants to settle the score. He's willing to call off the bounty on her head, but only if she agrees to do his dirty work for him. Someone has stolen his property and he wants it back.
The stolen item is an ancient demon mask, and the thief, a fanatical cult leader known only as Josho Daishi-Great Teacher of the Sacred Purge-believes the mask will grant him divine power. He proves to be far more dangerous than any yakuza boss, because his followers think nothing of dying in the name of his cause. And Josho Daishi's cause is far more sinister than anyone imagines.
The mask itself has a sinister story of its own, one that is tied up in the history of Mariko's most precious possession: the sword of her fallen sensei. For centuries the mask has been mired in bloodshed, even going back to the era of the samurai and the ninja. Now it threatens to tear Tokyo apart, and Mariko has to stop it-and escape a murderous cult and a yakuza blood debt at the same time.
