ACCA 13 TERRITORY INSPECTION DEPT GN (2025)

"When political conspiracies abound, preserving the peace is no piece of cake. It's up to one deceptively aloof hero to sniff out corruption in this atmospheric thriller by Natsume Ono (House of Five Leaves, Ristorante Paradiso)!"

"Jean Otus, vice chairman of the ACCA government's Inspection Department, is suspected of being complicit in plans for a coup d'etat. The government sends a special agent to keep an eye on Jean--someone close to home."

"Still under government suspicion as a driving force in a coup d'etat, Jean Otus finds himself in the middle of an actual coup in the district of Suitz. When Jean gets captured, he might just discover there's more to his best friend Nino than he realizes."

"Still under a cloud of suspicion regarding his involvement with the coup d'etat, Jean continues to make his auditing rounds for the Inspection Department, collecting scraps of intel along the way. But with he and Director General Mauve passing each other like ships in the night, will anything come of his efforts? Meanwhile, the reason behind royal palace's curious obsession with Jean's little sister, Lotta, finally becomes clear..."

"Like a wisp of smoke, political intrigue entwines around ACCA vice-chairman Jean Otus and those both near to him and far. What secrets from the past connect Nino to the royal family? Why is Lotta's life threatened by a shadowy assassin? And who is the true mastermind behind the coup that threatens unrest upon the people of Dowa? Thoroughly embroiled in all the drama, Jean alone holds the key to the future of ACCA... "

"As the day of the coup d'etat arrives, the future of all those who have been embroiled in it hangs in the balance, not least that of ACCA. Will Inspection Department vice-chairman Jean Otus, the man who holds the key to resolution, peer through the veil of intrigue to get to the bottom of the coup and the chaos that threatens to unfold? One thing's for certain: regardless of the outcome, life in the kingdom of Dowa will never be quite the same..."