The only man to refuse an offer of Grace, which grants power and influence to the recipient, is being hunted by an extra-dimensional demon, and must fight back with the help of his Graced friend and a giant, telepathic, angel hound.
Hunted across a Japanese hellscape, a desperate First Lady must face murderous zealots, crazed abominations, and unholy magic to gain an audience with the shogun. But when speaking the truth spreads a literal plague, is resistance worth the cost?
Cool, still silence enveloped her. Her struggles peeled away, layer by layer, like the paper skin of an old globe, revealing nothing underneath but black, gentle oblivion. The end. She welcomed it.
