Miki, bound by painful memories of the past, had given up on love and life until her forties. She lived a quiet life in a mountain village in Kochi, making Japanese paper, while being shunned by the villagers as belonging to the "Inugami-suji" (dog god lineage). Then, a young man named Akira appeared before Miki like a gust of wind. When the two, drawn to each other by finding the same loneliness in their hearts, became one, a tragedy of "blood" began! The dog god begins to stir ominously. Black darkness and nightmares attack the villagers. A masterpiece of legendary fiction, drawing on the legends of the Tosainugami, this novel depicts the terror that creeps into the depths of people's hearts with a delicate brushstroke. Personally, I was more drawn into this than Shikoku. The inescapable blood curse of the Inugami-suji, where fate unintentionally rules over the dog and leads to downfall. Just when life finally seems to be accepted, hope rolls in. But it usually ends in vain joy, and one falls again. A truly unbearable story. #Masako Bandō #Inugami #Horror #Horror Novel