{"product_id":"poa-derek-vasconi-9798234040008","title":"Poa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA master of modern Japanese horror.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the bestselling, award-winning success of the Japanese horror sensation \u003cem\u003eKAI\u003c\/em\u003e, Derek Vasconi returns with his most disturbing vision yet: a chilling exploration of devotion so absolute it consumes everything in its path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer love is a virus: quiet, invisible, and perfectly patient...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAyano is a predator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the world sees only a woman of flawless beauty, her perfection is a calculated front maintained through ascetic yoga and a deliberate immersion in the sex trade. She did not become a prostitute for money, but for an education in the mechanics of human intimacy-learning about the desires of men while mastering the art of manipulation. She is a woman obsessed, sculpting herself into the only shape capable of catching the eye of Taka Yoshino, Japan's most adored \u003cem\u003eeromen\u003c\/em\u003e idol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter meeting Ayano at a DVD release event and later an arranged fan date, Taka-a professional at selling a gentle fantasy of love to the housewives and lonely women of Japan-believes he has finally found a fan he can truly be himself with. He is impressed by Ayano's beauty and feels they have a rare, genuine connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was wrong. Dead wrong. Because for Ayano, Taka is only the first step into total, absolute madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Ryu Murakami's \u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e, the curated grace of the \"perfect woman\" is merely a shroud for a horror that defies comprehension. But where Murakami's nightmare was an intimate betrayal, Ayano's is a global contagion. Indeed, her devotion is to a vision far more sinister and devastating than a simple obsession. Everything she does is for somebody who has shaped her entire being since she was a child, molding her into an instrument of destruction that will bring about the end of the world-in order to save it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut can she save herself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Vasconi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234040008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sakura Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d","brand":"Derek Vasconi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801386365183,"sku":"9798234040008","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poa-derek-vasconi-9798234040008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}