Kenji Chapman sits in a Tokyo parking lot next to the body of a man he has just murdered. As the shadow form of Judgment falls upon him, he must try to justify his actions to an uncaring world.
Through an idyllic, small-town childhood in Western Japan to the slow meltdown of his family and a youth full of heartbreak, Kenji finds that a distance from reality is his only defense against a life that seems to offer more pain than hope. Broken friendships and continued efforts to find his way provide the backdrop to his journey from being a happy, mixed-race American boy to committing the crime that has now changed his life forever.
What drove him to this point and can it be enough to explain what he’s done?
Into the Empty World is a 90,000 word literary novel in late stage development.