'Dark Bird, Lonely Island.' Shibishii: 'Lonely Island,' off the coast of Japan. The entire island, a high-security fortress and a comfortable retreat at once, belongs to Biotrope International. Surely the Crow can't get them there, can he? He can and will, in search of Hendra, the woman who stole his beloved's body. He searches, too, for the shadowy Soro, the?man who hides secrets within secrets… and uses the electronic to mask the demonic…