Description: In 2001, Machi Tachiarai, who had just resigned from her newspaper job, accepted an assignment from a magazine editor she knew to prepare a special feature on overseas travel. She traveled to Nepal for preliminary interviews, hiring a local boy she met there as her guide. Just as she was about to enjoy some quiet time, she encountered a murder at the royal palace--multiple members of the royal family, including the king, had been killed. As a journalist, Tachiarai immediately began her investigation. But as if mocking her, the military officer she was scheduled to interview was found dead as well... "Was this man killed because of me? Or..." Amidst her doubts and anguish, what cold, hard truth would Tachiarai uncover?
