HOTD: The Red Eye Monster Novel

A fateful night in Tokyo leads Shizuka Marikawa to an abandoned factory where her life takes an unexpected turn. The working woman stumbles upon a shocking scene—a white-haired boy drenched in blood, surrounded by the corpses of his victims. His crimson eye and the grotesque appendages extending from his back leave no doubt: he's a monster, not human. Yet as Shizuka meets his gaze, something shifts. Rather than malice, she finds only profound sadness and pain. Her lifelong ability to read people's intentions has never failed her, and it tells her now that despite his monstrous appearance and the violence surrounding him, he means her no harm. In fact, he had just saved her from a terrible fate. Moved by his suffering and his unexpected kindness, Shizuka acts on impulse. "Please come with me," she says, unable to leave him to face the world alone. The boy, bewildered by her compassion and questioning her sanity, nonetheless accepts. In that moment, an unforeseen bond forms between them—one that will reshape their destinies. But darkness looms on the horizon, and unseen forces are about to turn both their worlds upside down in ways neither could have predicted.