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  • Published: 15 January 2009
  • ISBN: 9781934287262
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $49.99

Promenade of the Gods



After four books, five Japanese movies, two American films and international acclaim, J-Horror maestro Koji Suzuki's Ring series continues to generate excitement and fans. This new side story to the author's magnum opus will only further flame the furor over the literary horror milestone.

It begins with a woman's search to find her husband, who disappears after watching a TV show. She enlists the aid of her husband's best friend, and together they discover that the famous female personality of the TV show disappeared after the same evening's broadcast as well. The duo's search leads to a battle within a religious cult. Each answer brings only more questions, until the story's stunning final solution is revealed.

Promenade of the Gods is a parallel piece to Koji Suzuki's successful Ring series and even contains some sl nods to his famous work. Its theme of planet-wide subjugation via technology echoes that in Ring, and like Ring, the way in which the pieces of the mystery in Promenade come together only materialize in the book's final moments, culminating in a most unsettling conclusion.

  • Published: 15 January 2009
  • ISBN: 9781934287262
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $49.99

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Praise for Promenade of the Gods

On author Koji Suzuki:

"Aptly billed as the Japanese Stephen King." -Publishers Weekly

"Suzuki has a flair for cinematic descriptions that leap off the page, resulting in gripping stories that just might give you nightmares." -Mark Rifkin, twi-ny.com

Praise for Dark Water:

"An excellent short story collection... The stories are not easily classifiable, veering between fantasy, horror, and mystery, but I can guarantee the level of suspense will give your heart a good workout." -The New York Sun