Book excerpt: After a painful goodbye, Subaru Natsuki finally manages to clear the tower in the desert. Yet fate sweeps him up like a storm, sending him to a land far, far from all his comrades where a long hoped-for reunion awaits him. The joy is only momentary, however, as the girl doesn’t remember Subaru and quickly categorizes him as an enemy due to the miasma coming off him. When the girl flees, a mad chase ensues and forces Subaru deep into an unfamiliar jungle. There, he stumbles across a man who hides his face, but not his arrogance...