Bastille Day
Starring: Jim Bean, Elise Kujo, Frankenstein
Bathed in the July heat of summer, and summer holidays just around the corner, Tokyo Butei High is ablaze with rumor. The Golden Witch of the Botanica Librarium, has gone missing. But they are already slow. Jim Bean is on the case!
T minus 14 days...
From scorching Edo to beautiful Taiwan. From sunny Singapore to the ruins of Sri Lanka. Through the Cape of Good Hope and into the powder keg of an African nation on the verge of civil war.
Retrace the steps of a wolf seeking her home.
Each turn brings a new clue, each stage a new page in the journal of a romance baptised in fire half a century old. And each fight clarifies the frightening premonition that Kujo may well be walking straight into a trap... willingly.
To catch a wolf, you must think like a wolf.
With Elise so far ahead, and Butei Masters close behind, Jim Bean must thwart both friend and foe with brain and brawn, even if it means going beyond the point of no return. Even if it means accepting help from ghosts of the past.
The world is no consequence. The oopa is everything.
Through the fire and the flames, the question now stands...
Can Jim make it by Bastille Day?
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Yes, I also finished Gosick. And yes Marcus, I decided to skip the oopa hunt and go straight into the meat of it from Jim's perspective. It's still part of the prologue though.
And why Bastille Day? It has special meaning for Elise, that's why.