Utsumi Yae

In this seemingly peaceful country, there lives a hitman that hunts down others of his kind - an assassin of assassins. Before eliminating his targets, he always questions their motives for killing - this is his way of embracing his destiny. From the author of "Until Your Bones Rot" and "The Shadows of Who We Once Were," Utsumi Yae presents a thrilling drama about the lives of those existing on the edge between life and death.

Nezu was looking forward to his elementary school reunion—after all, his class was united by unbreakable bonds. But when his former classmate, Mikio, reveals that this reunion is a very real matter of life and death...suddenly Nezu finds those bonds put to the test. \[Kodansha]

The summer they were eleven, they killed a man and buried his body in a cave. Since then, every year, one summer night has marked a ritual: a ritual never to forget, and never to betray. Five years have passed. Their sixteenth summer. The body, now a skeleton. Unraveled lies. A faceless blackmailer. The phone rings and a life is torn apart. The bones, like their crime: never rotting, never fading away. Now, a living hell begins.