The Weight of Empty Pockets

By Ren Aizuki

In Taisho-era Kyoto, Saburo Tanaka, a desperate dye-worker, gambles his life to save his crumbling family from ruin. When the ruthless Fox-a gambling lord with a chokehold on the city's underbelly-offers a deal to clear their debts, Saburo takes it: one smuggling run to Osaka, a box worth millions in his hands. But the river rats of Goto, a brutal thug, smell blood, and the job spirals into a war of knives, fire, and betrayal. With his fierce sister Hana and a ragtag crew-a grizzled vendor and a dockside giant-Saburo fights to protect their fragile machiya against a swelling tide of greed. In a world where loyalty bends and poverty bites, can they defy the jaws of the underworld-or will their stand be their last?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DZWJN9J1
• ISBN13: 9798313355030
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"