Loop

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Stunning Japanese novel with a chilling twist the follow-up to Ring and Spiral.
Kaoru's father, Hideyuki, lies dying in a Tokyo hospital, his body ravaged by viral cancer. This nightmarish incurable disease has sprung out of nowhere and has begun to affect organisms all over the planet.

Twenty years ago Hideyki worked on a virtual reality project which replicated evolution on earth, called the Loop. The project failed when the organisms within it inexplicably stopped reproducing normally and started cloning. Nearly all of the other scientists who worked on the Loop are already dead from cancer.

To get to the heart of the mystery, Kaoru must travel to the other side of the planet, to the Mojave desert. The secret he encounters there will overturn everything he thought he knew about the world and his own identity.

In this suspense-filled follow-up to Ring and Spiral, Suzuki masterfully confounds the reader with a stunning new twist on the Ring mythology.

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Praise for Koji Suzuki: 'Suzuki blends the dispassionate, inquisitive, sometimes terrifying urban character-types to be found in Haruki Murakami's work with the plot mechanics of a Stephen King or Michael Crichton' Kim Newman, Independent 'The pace doesn't slacken for a moment ! a guaranteed page-turner.' Observer 'Suzuki builds tension brilliantly.' Guardian 'Bristles with menace and fear.' Uncut 'Aptly billed as the Japanese Stephen King.' Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Koji Suzuki is a literary star in his native Japan, where Ring has sold 2.8 million copies to date. Ring is the first book in a hugely successful trilogy that continues with Spiral and Loop (both of which have film deals). Koji Suzuki lives in Tokyo. Koji Suzuki was born in 1957 in Hamamatsu, southwest of Tokyo. He attended Keio University where he majored in French. After graduating he held numerous odd jobs, including a stint as a cram school teacher an unorthodox one who loved telling scary stories to entertain his students. He holds a first-class yachting licence and has crossed the US from Key West to Los Angeles on his motorcycle. The father of two daughters, Suzuki is a respected authority on childrearing and has written numerous works on the subject. He acquired his expertise when he was still a struggling writer and househusband. Suzuki also has translated a childrens book into Japanese, The Little Sod Diaries by the crime novelist Simon Brett. In 1990 Suzukis first full-length work Rakuen (Paradise), won the Japanese Fantasy Novel Award and launched his career as a fiction writer. Ring, written with a baby on his lap, catapulted him to fame, selling 2.3 million copies in Japan alone, and the sequels Spiral and Loop cemented his reputation as a world-class talent. Often called the Stephen King of Japan, Suzuki has played a crucial role in establishing mainstream credentials for horror novels in his own country. He is based in Tokyo, but loves to travel.