'[His Kikuta Hands] takes place behind the scenes of Brilliance of the Moon, the third Otori novel...Otori Takeo has come to Maruyama, the furthest city to the west in the Three Countries, to confront the Tribe families and secure what is his by right. The Tribe don't believe he possesses the requisite ruthlessness of a competent ruler. They will be proved wrong.' (From publication summary)
