A book about an American businessman living his comfortable modern life in a flat in Tokyo. He appears to have everything a man could want but two things bother him. Firstly, he is divorced from his American wife, and because of the vast continental distance between them, he doesn't see as much of his teenage daughter as he would like. Secondly, he previously had a brief relationship with an elegant but mysterious Japanese woman, who he lost contact with, and now he is prepared to go to great lengths to find her again. After much negotiation, his wife agrees to allow their daughter to stay with him in Tokyo for an extended visit during which she will attend school in the city and broaden her experience. Unbeknown to all of them, a troubled young man with a background of belonging to a disturbing sect has taken a deep interest in the daughter and begins tracking her life both online and in the street. With the father distracted by his quest to find the Japa...