Seesaw Monster, Kotaro Isaka
Seesaw Monster, Kotaro Isaka
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Seesaw Monster

Author: Kotaro Isaka, Sam Malissa

Narrator: Pun Bandhu, Andrew Kishino

Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/15/2025


Synopsis

From the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, two inventive espionage tales in one Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It’s not just a case of them rubbing each other the wrong way—there is definitely something suspicious going on. But Miyako isn’t exactly what she seems either. Her husband has no idea about her past life as a secret agent. When she decides to use her professional skills to investigate her mother-in-law, the delicate equilibrium of their lives is thrown wildly out of balance. Many decades after the events of Seesaw Monster, in a future world dominated by surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI, the most sensitive information lives only on paper, and confidential messages must be delivered by trusted couriers like Mito. But one delivery pulls Mito into a conspiracy beyond his wildest imagination and forces him into a race against time to defeat a world-changing technological threat. Mixing mythology, family drama, corruption, and espionage, these gripping novellas from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train explore the idea of progress, the power of close relationships, and the nature of conflict with deadly stakes.

About Kotaro Isaka

Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multiaward-winning writer whose books have sold millions of copies around the world. His novels include Bullet Train and Three Assassins, also available from The Overlook Press.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dan (ThatBookIsOnFiyah) on March 19, 2025

Overall 4.5/5 stars, rounded up. This story is the first that I have read by Kotaro Isaka, although I have seen the movie based on Bullet Train. I was expecting something different from this author than what I read, but I was very pleasantly surprised. The prose is wonderful. I attribute this to bot......more

Goodreads review by Jake on July 31, 2025

The first part had me wondering where Isaka was going with this. It was good but seemed sort of rushed. After reading the second part though it all came together. I still feel like both stories could've been elaborated, but thought it was a cool idea to have one complete story lead into another that......more

Goodreads review by Shaina on July 15, 2025

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Kotaro Isaka for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for Seesaw Monster coming out July 15, 2025. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own. I really enjoyed other books by this author! I love Japanese novels. I’m not sure about this book. I......more