Chasing the Setting Sun

by Ron Collins

Fraud, deceit, and things have already changed the face of baseball in Japan, and are threatening to engulf the sport across the world. Six seasons have passed since Casey Neal and his friend Don-o saved the game in the United States. Now Don-o is gone, and Casey is a baseball reporter who is alone and trying once again to find himself, all while immersed in a culture he doesn't understand. While he chases the story in Japan, he teams up with fellow baseball fans Chief Inspector Yuni Ichihara, and Diaki Matsui, a metalworker from Tokyo's industrial complex. Together, they deal with such strangeness as international organized crime rings, Ykai spirits, quantum physics, and ... well ... pickled everything.