So now you can win TWICE! See Tor.com for details. Visit an ancient Japan where the incursions of gods, ghosts, and demons into the living world are an everyday event. Meet an impoverished nobleman named Yamada no Goji who makes his living as a demon hunter for hire. With the occasional assistance of the reprobate exorcist Kenji, whatever the difficulty—ogres, demons, fox-spirits—for a price Yamada will do what needs to be done, even and especially if the solution to the problem isn’t as simple as the edge of a sword. Yet, no matter how many monsters he has to face, or how powerful and terrible they may be, the demons Yamada fears the most are his own.