LIFE AFTER DEATH ​Kaito Ukei was destined for greatness in his new world, landing himself the role of a hero and defeating the evil sorceress alongside a band of noble adventurers. When he's double crossed, though, and brutally murdered by his former allies, something inside him snaps. Death brings Kaito neither peace nor salvation. Rather, it instills in him a singular desire—to squeeze the life out of his blasted betrayers in the cruellest manner possible...! The strange twist of fate that gives him a second chance in the world with all his memories intact provides opportunity to do just that, and so begins his quest to stalk and torture the members of his former party in the bloodiest, unholiest, most sadistic ways imaginable!

Revenge. But a single word defines Kaito Ukei’s second chance at life. After being mercilessly betrayed and murdered by his so-called comrades, he goes back in time to the day he met the princess who ultimately double-crossed him. But killing her isn’t enough—he wants to revel in every second of her agony as he looks her in the eye and robs her of all she holds dear. Her debt is the first to be repaid, though it shall not be the last. And by the time he’s finished, he will bathe in the blood of every last traitor who dared to cross him…

"Summoned to a fantasy world as a hero, Kaito Utage defeats the Demon Lord alongside a band of noble adventurers...only to be double-crossed and brutally murdered by his former allies! But when a twist of fate gives him a second chance at life with all his memories intact, he sets off on a quest to slaughter his traitorous party members one by one. "Come...let vengeance commence!""--

A DEVASTATING HOMECOMING Metelia ambushes Kaito just after he completes his latest feat of vengeance, forcing him through a portal to his home of present-day Japan. Stripped of his memories, Kaito comes to terms with his tragic new reality—a world where almost everyone he knows is dead, having been sacrificed when he was summoned as a hero the first time, and the few survivors of the incident are being hunted by a group of conspiracy theorists. Even this fragile status quo is disrupted when an assassin nearly succeeds in taking his life. But the brush with death restores Kaito’s memories and powers, giving him the perfect opportunity to take revenge on his assailants and chart a course back to his partners in crime...

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND As Kaito plots his revenge against Eumis, he discovers that the spellcaster has bolstered her powers by selling her sister Shuria’s soul to a demon. Not one to let an opportunity to humiliate his foes go to waste, Kaito saves the girl from the brink of death and invites her to join him and Minnalis on their quest for vengeance. Now the stage is set for the three partners in crime to corner their common enemy and strip her of everything she holds dear in a spectacular act of retribution…

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHEDAfter successfully coming back to the other world, Kaito happens upon Leticia, only to discover that she doesn’t recognize him. From there, he and his two newest accomplices, Mai and Yuuto, travel to the town of Zolkia and start climbing the ranks at the Adventurers Guild. Don’t think they’ve turned over a new leaf, however—it’s all in service of drawing the attention of their next targets: a prince of the beast lands named Leon and Leticia’s elder sister Lilia. In the past, this accomplished duo betrayed Kaito out of a conviction that it would save their realm. But Kaito couldn’t care less about their motivations; the only thing he’s concerned with is returning the pain they inflicted on him, a thousand times over.