Abstract

In order to combat the repeated appearance of giant, unidentified creatures known as "monsters," a specialized ministry called the "Monster Ministry" was established in Japan, and a process of discovery, forecasting, and annihilation was established. Masami Iwato, a forecaster who analyzes the direction of movement and attack methods of monsters, encounters a strange incident during his duties. A dead body is found under rubble in a town where the order to stop a wind power plant was not received. A gunshot rings out in the silence of a sound-controlled town. An investigator disappears from a lake where monsters are rumored to live - and a middle-aged man in a flowing, worn coat always appears in cases involving monsters. Masami knew about the man who called himself Funamura from the National Police Agency's Special Investigations Division through rumors. He is a "special investigator" who handles special cases related to monsters. Masami becomes embroiled in the investigation of strange cases involving monsters...

Author’s Information

Takahiro Okura was born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1968. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Gakushuin University. In 1997, he won the 4th Sogen Mystery Short Story Award for "The Third Ghost." In 1998, he won the 20th Mystery Novel Newcomer Award for "Tool & Stole." He made his debut in 2001 with "The Third Ghost." His representative works, the Shiroto Osamu series, the Fukuya Police Inspector series, and the Metropolitan Police Department Creature Division series, have all been made into TV dramas.