ZOO by Otsuichi
A man receives a photo of his girlfriend every day in the mail...so that he can keep track of her body’s decomposition. A deathtrap that takes a week to kill its victims. Haunted parks and airplanes held in the sky by the power of belief. These are just a few of the stories by Otsuichi, Japan’s master of dark fantasy.
USURPER OF THE SUN by Housuke Nojiri
Schoolgirl Aki is one of the few witnesses to construction on the surface of Mercury. Soon an immense ring has been built around the sun and Earth has plunged into chaos. While the nations of the world prepare for war, Aki grows up with a thirst for knowledge and a hunger to make first contact with the enigmatic Builders. Winner of Japan’s prestigious Seiun Award!
BATTLE ROYALE: THE NOVEL by Koushun Takami
The best-selling tour de force from Koushun Takami in a new edition, with an author’s afterword and bonus material.
BRAVE STORY by Miyuki Miyabe
The paperback edition of the Batchelder Award-winning fantasy novel by Miyuki Miyabe.
THE BOOK OF HEROES by Miyuki Miyabe
When Yuriko’s brother kills a classmate and then vanishes, it is up to her to journey into the nameless land where all stories are born, to face the ancient evil some dare call... The Hero. From the author of Brave Story, Miyuki Miyabe.
Copyright
© 2002 Chōhei Kambayashi
Originally published in Japan by Hayakawa Publishing, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Cover illustration by Shoji Hasegawa
English translation © 2009 VIZ Media, LLC
No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission form the copyright holders.
HAIKASORU
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ISBN 978-1-4215-3986-7
Haikasoru eBook edition, October 2010