From the sunday times bestselling author of six four: a tense investigation in the aftermath of an air disaster - for fans of spotlight and after the crash. 'he's a master' new york times book review 'very different; to almost anything out there' observer 1985; kazumasa yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the north kanto times, runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom; but when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper's doorstep, its staff are united by an unimaginable horror, and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop. 2002; seventeen years later, yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues' lives; he does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week - one that holds the key to its last unsolved mystery, and represents yuuki's final, unconquered fear. 'seventeen is a brilliant novel on any level - it's a gripping page turner, while remaining moving and complex; it's a deeply satisfying read and it will be a while before i read anything as good' william ryan 'an astringent, unforgiving picture of modern japanese society' guardian