Tezcatlipoca

<p><H2><b>THE REMARKABLE, AWARD-WINNING JAPANESE THRILLER</b></H2><b><br><br>Winner of the 165th Naoki Prize<br>Winner of the 34th Yamamoto Shugoro Prize</b><br><br>In the wake of a brutal war with a rival cartel, a drug lord flees Mexico and ends up halfway around the world, where he runs into a Japanese heart surgeon. Suenaga has been shunned by the medical community and turned to working as an illegal organ broker doing business in Jakarta.<br><br>After their fateful meeting, the two men travel to Japan to establish a new business in the organ trade. There, the former cartel leader takes a young, lonely boy under his wing.<br><br>Gradually these three lives become inextricably entangled in a web of crime and violence. Together, they carve a new criminal empire from blood and bone, but how long can a dynasty last? Destiny is not for mere mortals to decide . . .<br><br><b>A unique Japanese literary figure, <i>Tezcatlipoca</i> is a darkly unique thriller that introduces Kiwamu Sato to English language readers for the very first time.</b></p>