A Rite of Shadows

In the fractured twin nations of Toyo and Haedong, a lavish Coming-of-Age ceremony ends in a meticulously staged death. Detective Sera Mizuno uncovers the victim was once the golden boy of a prestigious international academy who tormented a Haedongese classmate. As the past and present collide, hunter becomes prey in a chilling revenge plotted over a decade. Sera must navigate buried school secrets, colonial guilt, and silent complicity, where every revelation cuts into the still-raw wounds of a divided society.