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My name is Keith Akira Aodhán and I am eighteen years old, he writes. I once thought myself to be an alien from the moon, but my unfortunate human birth has been accounted for by many trustworthy sources. I dislike washing myself, as well as dogs and noisy people. I live with my brother Shiro.
Shiro is the most precious person in the world.
Six years after the Aodhán family tragedy that killed most of their family in a single dinner, free-spirited Keith, his agoraphobic older brother Shiro, and their mentally absent uncle Ulaz spend their blissful days hidden away from the outside world. Keith fills his time practicing 'magic' to protect his brother and playing in the woods with his cat, Red, until the unexpected arrival of their estranged cousin threatens to bring an end to their idyllic existence, their battle for control unraveling the secrets long since buried in the soil. Who really poisoned the Aodháns that night?
Arsenic in the sugar, a seven year old cold case of a missing child, the ghosts that Keith swears he can sense - all things come to an end, one way or the other.