"Standing in the way of Dazai and Sigma’s escape from Meursault is none other than Chuuya Nakahara―now reduced to Dostoyevsky’s vampiric puppet. If Dazai wants to come out of Gogol’s deadly game alive, he’ll have no choice but to say farewell to his onetime partner! Meanwhile, back at the airport, the rest of the Armed Detective Agency are pulling out every trick in the book to keep the Decay of the Angel’s plan from bearing fruit. But faced with the Hunting Dogs’ overwhelming strength and steadfast loyalty to Fukuchi, do they stand a chance?"--provided by publisher