Miyuki Miyabe Returns With A Captivating New Supernatural Crime Thriller Set In Tokyo

VIZ Media proudly announces the release of its newest novel, The Gate of Sorrows, by Miyuki Miyabe.

“Miyuki Miyabe is one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary authors and we are honored to expand our catalog of her works with the release of The Gate of Sorrows. Miyabe is an extraordinary author with a wide and very diverse oeuvre,and her latest work adeptly blends the tension of a crime thriller with tinges of the fantastic world of the supernatural. We look forward to readers discovering this unique latest release from Haikasoru.”

Nick Mamatas, Editor

The Gate of Sorrows, a series of murders shocks Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, but Shigenori, a retired police detective, is instead obsessed with a gargoyle that seems to move. College freshman Kotaro launches a web-based investigation of the killer, and comes to find that answers may lie within an abandoned building in the center of Japan’s busiest neighborhood, and beyond the Gate of Sorrows. In this adult sequel to Miyabe’s The Book of Heroes, you will meet monsters from other worlds and ordinary horrors that surpass even supernatural threats.

The Gate of Sorrows is an adult sequel available in-print for $26.99. The novel is also available digitally for the Amazon Kindle, Apple’s iBooks Store, Barnes & Noble’s Nook Book Store, the Kobo eBooks Store, and the Google Play store.