Zack Hara, having survived a suicide attempt trying to find an emotional life, works in Tokyo as a translator while struggling to control his newly found chaos of emotions. He's drawn into the bizarre world of a scientist obsessed with answering the ultimate question of why there is a universe through researching anthocyanins - the colors of flowers.
The Mysterious Beauty of the Universe
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Necessity Anne Joubert grew up under the crushing weight of her parents, warring superstars in the world of psychoanalysis. Necessity must create her own measure of self that will free her before she suffocates, or worse. Underlying her strife is the fraying fabric of human existence we all need to discover and repair.
Necessity's Measure
Todd Shimoda