The Hata Enigma: An Imperial Secret - Paperback

by Ben Midland (Author)

A priest of an Imperial shrine in Japan commits suicide under mysterious circumstances. A name in the death poem he left behind leads investigators to an American Professor William Sandwell, who claims he is innocent. Scars in the burnt skin of the victim and the disappearance of a mythical Imperial relic point to a brutal robbery. Pressured for answers by the Imperial Household Agency, Japan's most powerful government organization, Sandwell goes in search of the missing relic. Archaeologist Catherine Yamazaki joins Sandwell in his hunt for the relic. Together they enter the forbidden sanctuary of Japan's holiest site, Ise Jingu, dedicated to the Sun Goddess. Assisted by Inspector Yamashita of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police District, they discover a trail of evidence that confirms their worst fears and the trio race against time to recover the relic before Japan's deepest secret is unveiled.

Author Biography

Ben Midland is an extremely driven and productive Dutch writer of fact-fiction thrillers, novels and short stories. He is a bachelor in Japanese Language and Modern History and an expert in Japanese Religion, mythology and folklore. Besides writing, he started in the eighties a career in the IT as UNIX System Engineer. Between '84 and '94 he lived for many years in Japan and the Philippines where he married his first wife. Since 2013 Midland lives in Portugal together with his family. Many of Midland's books are based on his knowledge and research for yet undiscovered subjects, especially NWO and Illuminati matters.