About the book: 2005 / The Emperor of Japan and his closest advisers are in mortal danger! An influential minister became the victim of a mysterious killer, destroyed using the ancient energy technique “kiaijutsu” , available only to a select few. And this is only the first of the crimes committed by the unknown “master of Death”. Sano Ishiro begins the investigation, and this time he is helped by an unusual “assistant” - a young wife who can quietly look behind any screen...