A Japanese cultural anthropologist is murdered on Burunga Island, a floating industrial enclave run by the African Republic of Burunga. Created as an alternative to large‑scale immigration, the island hides ethnic tensions, corporate interests, and a wave‑powered plant deep below the surface.
Former detective Kunio Yamabe and the brilliant yet socially awkward Kaori Hinokisaka are sent undercover with only 48 hours to uncover the truth.
A taut, atmospheric SF mystery about cultural collision on borrowed land.