Runaway Horses

This epic tale follows Shigekuni Honda as he becomes convinced that a young rightist revolutionary is the reincarnation of his childhood friend. Honda commits to saving the youth from an untimely death, but Isao's patriotic fanaticism drives him to organize a violent plot against industrialists he believes are threatening the very integrity of Japan. A novel about the roots and nature of Japanese fanaticism, Runaway Horses is a powerful chronicle of conspiracy in the lead-up to war.