The mysterious incident at the Tokyo Temple of the Goddess of Luck at the end of World War II reverberates with tragedies today. The crafty and jealous goddess Benten plays her own game, manipulating mere mortals, who can only watch as events unfold. The long-standing crimes of the Japanese military police are ruining people today - and an American journalist, who accidentally found himself in the epicenter of a great mystery, will have to unravel it before he himself becomes a victim of an obsessed fanatic, magical hallucinations, the revenge of narrow-minded Tokyo police and the whirlwind of ultra-modern Tokyo - a city like a mindless a slot machine that is impossible to fully comprehend.

The characters resonate, the mystery captivates, and the rich storytelling takes us on a lively tour of Japanese culture. You couldn’t ask for more from the narrator. Christopher Moore, author of the novels “The Lizard of Passion from Sadness Bay,” “The Lamb,” etc.