The most exciting installment to the Edgar Award���inning samurai mystery series.
When a man with a tattoo covering his back is found floating in the water at a rice ceremony, Seikei and Judge Ooka know it�'s a bad omen. Soon there are seven of these men with partial
tattoos on their backs. All different, all dead, all seemingly unrelated���xcept for the tattoos. It becomes apparent these men are not just carrying body art, but a treasure map . . . to
what? And why is carrying this map so mortally dangerous? Seikei must find and assemble all seven tattoos to find the answer���and the path to a most terrifying destination.