Shina's marriage to the half-Japanese Akira has finally broken down after three years and she draws a line under it. She builds a new life for herself with her daughter, far away from all the bad experiences of their life together. But she is not granted the peace she longs for. Akira's and her paths keep crossing. Then her six-month-old son is kidnapped.

When she comes face to face with the man who is to murder her and her offspring, she learns who wants her dead, and at that moment not only does the last piece of a perfect world collapse for her, but she literally hopes for the end.

Deadly intrigues, coupled with old traditions of the Far East, ice-cold contempt for death, shocking human studies of unrestrained indomitability and merciless dictatorship meet.

Centuries-old customs still have an influence on some people today. Far Eastern mentalities compete with European thinking and ways of life. 3.