The Kyoto Complex: a thriller about the Japanese Mind

'The most controversial and sensational novel of the last twenty years.'

This fictional conspiracy tale is about Japan's undercover operations to abduct young children of Japanese-Western marriages, in order to create a live gene-pool. These children are needed as potential scientists for Japan's future program in atomic weapons - and for the development of her military technology.

The 'Kyoto Complex' is slightly similar to 'The Boys from Brazil'; though with the sub-plot that Tokyo is secretly developing a nuclear arsenal. Enigmatic Japan is dissected with a Dan-Brown interest.

At the same time, though, the personal side of the story largely revolves around a single character and family. Thus, the events are believable, the plot has structural logic, and the tone is down-to-earth.

With regard to its message for today, 'The Kyoto Complex' is prophetic in the way 'The Riddle of the Sands' was in predicting German rearmament, a hundred years ago. It argues that Japan could now be secretly developing nuclear weapons. The issues that are explored in 'The Kyoto Complex' are of great topical importance; and so this good old-fashioned tale has a universal appeal for now.

Research was carried out in Kyoto for five years.