死者は弁明せず―ソード・ワールド短編集

by Hiroshi Yamamoto, 山本 弘, 友野 詳

ロマールにある魔術師ギルド。その研究室で幹部の一人が変死体で発見された。胴と首が鋭利な刃物で切断されており、切り放された頭部は部屋の隅のごみ箱に放置。そして死体のそばには血塗れになった一体の女神像が横たわっていた。殺人かそれとも魔法の研究中に起こった事故なのか?皮肉屋の衛視ジェイシーは美貌の女魔術師ミシェールとコンビを組んで事件の解決に挑むが…。山本弘がファンタジー世界を舞台に、本格推理に挑戦する意欲作『死者は弁明せず』ほか3編を収録。絶好調のシェアード・ユニバース・アンソロジー第12弾。

321 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 1997

About the author

Hiroshi Yamamoto(山本 弘) was born in 1956 in Kyoto. Began his career with game developers Group SNE in 1987 and debuted as a writer and game designer. Gained popularity with juvenile titles such as February at the Edge of Time and the Ghost Hunter series. His first hardcover science fiction release, God Never Keeps Silent became a sensation among SF fans and was nominated for the Japan SF Award. Other novels include Day of Judgment and The Unseen Sorrow of Winter. Aside from his work as a writer, Yamamoto is also active in various literary capacities as editor of classic science fiction anthologies and as president of To-Gakkai, a group of tongue-in-cheek "experts" on the occult.

--From Haikasoru (publisher)