The Butterfly Koi, a novel: Coming soon
Swimming against the current and swept together by circumstance, these six strange bedfellows have everything to lose.
Magic is here, ready to store your data and keep your cell phone charged... endlessly. But what the packaging won’t say is magic doesn’t work for everyone.
Eika Fujiwara, heiress to the Fujiwara Heavy Industries mining empire and face of Diet Breakfast Water, is determined to repair the magical damage caused by her family’s ecological misdeeds. Together with her best friend, the brilliant engineer Misora Toyama, she’s paving the way for the next generation of magitech, this time available to all.
When development hits a roadblock, the pressure is on to use any tool, legal or not, to continue. What trade-offs are they willing to make for an invention that might change magic forever?
Magic is here, ready to store your data and keep your cell phone charged... endlessly. So, of course the U.S. Congress decided to pass a law outlawing it as “witchcraft.”
Cameron Green, a Minneapolis-based magitech engineer, has his life and career turned upside down by the ban. Fortunately, Japan’s magic industry is still white-hot, and he’s quickly recruited by Eika Fujiwara to work on her top-secret project.
For an American finding himself thrust into the complex and cutthroat web of Tokyo’s business world, one question takes precedence: Who can you trust?
Magic is here, ready to store your data and keep your cell phone charged... endlessly. At least that’s what the salespeople would have you believe.
Kenji Asagawa, Cameron Green’s neighbor, has more important concerns than rich people hawking unreliable technology. After a job gone wrong, he’s got to make sure the knife that’s coming isn’t gonna show up between his own ribs.
Feet dangling over the dark underside of the city, his own wit and reflexes are all that’s between him and a final fall. How far will he go to find answers and what will he do once he has them?
Magic is here, ready to store your data and keep your cell phone charged... endlessly. But in the right hands, it has the potential to be so much more than a personal convenience.
Misora Toyama, privileged daughter of a tech mogul and a criminal boss, simply wants to prove herself: that she is a skilled magitech engineer, and her meteoric career arc has been earned, not given. Hiring Cameron Green on her team could be just what she needs to finish the invention she’s sure will revolutionize the industry.
However, when the delicate balancing act of Misora’s life starts to buckle under the pressure, she has hard choices to make. Who is she willing to betray in order to achieve her professional goals?
Magic is here, ready to store your data and keep your cell phone charged... endlessly. And the inequities of magic are just another tool for the powerful to reinforce their privilege.
Hatsumi Date, childhood friend of Eika Fujiwara and Misora Toyama, is a journalist on the politics beat with anger issues and a tumultuous past. She’s chasing justice within the tangled organizations of the Tokyo underworld, determined to make things right no matter the cost.
When opened doors create webs of obligation, Hatsumi’s access risks abetting the very corruption that she abhors. Given the choice between righteousness and retribution, what path will she choose?
Magic is here, ready to store your data and keep your cell phone charged... endlessly. And unlike the rest of life’s luxuries, it’s basically free.
Taehyun Park, rags-to-riches star of the hit Korean drama Flower Boy Ramen Chef, leads a life that’s less idyllic than it might seem. Though his face graces billboards across Asia, he’s dogged by the demands of a blackmailer from his mysterious past.
When he stumbles upon an opportunity that could free him from the extortion forever, he’s more than ready to seize it. But is he prepared for the fallout?
