From rising star Tetsuya Tsutsui comes a three-volume horror-thriller which draws the reader
into a tangled web of intrigue and lies as two detectives trying to solve a string of
mysterious deaths come face to face with a much larger conspiracy that threatens a manmade
global pandemic. What do two Japanese detectives a naked man on a city street and a
roundworm from Botswana all have in common? In Manhole Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue are a
pair of investigators asking themselves this very question as they string together clues to
solve a string of bloody and mysterious murders. But as the pieces come together they begin to
uncover the threat of a deadly biological agent which poses a threat of epidemic proportions.
The criminal responsible for the filariasis epidemic is finally unmasked. Behind this
Machiavellian plan is a man wounded and full of resentment towards a society incapable of
managing its monsters and unwilling to police the seeds of criminal impulses even when their
sprouting appears imminent... Will Mizoguchi and Inoue be able to prevent him from realizing
the last part of his homicidal plan? The exhilarating conclusion to Tetsuya Tsutsui' s
biological thriller.
