When Jake and Mariko, strangers to each other, meet by chance at Osaka airport, they discover a chilling coincidence: Jake's best friend and Mariko's twin brother died in a horrific and unexplained way, six thousand kilometers apart. Both, before their deaths, had encountered a captivating, dark-haired woman. A woman who was searching for Mariko – and then disappeared.

Carrying loss and guilt for over a decade, Jake feels the need to follow Mariko’s trail of revelations, leading him across continents and centuries into the stories of people who died in frighteningly similar ways – and those who were left behind, confused, doubtful, but certain of what they saw.

At the center of it all is the same enigmatic woman. Her name may change, but her purpose remains constant. And while Jake struggles to discover who – or what – she is, she has already made her next choice. But will learning her secret be enough to stop her?

A provocative horror novel about a woman’s determination to stay alive at any cost.