Burnt Shadows

August 9, 1945, Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka Steps Out Onto Her Veranda, Taking In The View Of The Terraced Slopes Leading Up To The Sky. Wrapped In A Kimono With Three Black Cranes Swooping Across The Back, She Is Twenty-one, In Love With The Man She Is To Marry, Konrad Weiss. In A Split Second, The World Turns White. In The Next, It Explodes With The Sound Of Fire And The Horror Of Realization. In The Numbing Aftermath Of A Bomb That Obliterates Everything She Has Known, All That Remains Are The Bird-shaped Burns On Her Back, An Indelible Reminder Of The World She Has Lost.--from The Publisher.

Categories: Horror