Abstract

Late 19th century - After the death of Dr. Frankenstein, a technology for creating new life forms, "corpses," from corpses, was secretly leaked and spread throughout Europe, ushering in a world where corpses have become the latest technology, prevalent in everything from everyday work to the battlefield. John H. Watson, a medical student at the University of London who is about to graduate and who would later become a close ally of Sherlock Holmes, is recruited by a government intelligence agency due to his abilities, becomes an agent, and is given a top-secret order. Where is the world heading? What is life? What is human consciousness? The adventure of young Watson begins now. Winner of the Special Award at the 33rd Science Fiction Grand Prize and the 44th Seiun Award in the Japanese Novel Category.

Author’s Information

Project ltoh (1974-2009) debuted with Gakusatsu Kikan (Genocidal Organ), and took first prize of the "Best SF of
2007" in SF Magazine. He is also the author of Harmony (Haikasoru 2010), which won the Japan SF and Seiun
Awards in Japan and was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award In the US. After a long battle with cancer, ltoh
passed away in 2009. The ending of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the 2010 PSP game, was dedicated to him.
Toh EnJoe (1972-) was born in Hokkaido, won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers and was nominated for the
Akutagawa Prize. In 2010, the novella U yu shi tan received the Noma Prize for New Writers and was short-listed
for the Mishima Yukio Prize. He garnered the late-2011 Akutagawa Prize for another novella, Dokeshi no cho.