Raised by his Japanese mother in Brooklyn, Ichiro idolizes his American father, killed in combat before he ever knew him. Already struggling to fit in, Ichiro is less than thrilled to accompany his mother on a work trip to Japan, where he is left with with his grandfather, a stranger to him in a country he doesn't know. But Japan isn't what Ichiro imagined... One night, Ichiro is dragged down a hole by a shape-shifting monster. When he wakes up, Ichiro finds himself a fugitive in the domain of the gods, draw into an age-old feud between them. If he wants to escape and return home, Ichiro needs to figure out who he can trust -- and how much he's willing to risk.