The reverse cycle

The Reverse Cycle is a mystery light novel set in a modern city gripped by a chilling pattern of murders. Each victim’s killer is discovered to have already been murdered themselves—days or even weeks before. As confusion mounts and the timeline becomes impossibly twisted, the baffled police call in Haratu Sota, a brilliant but enigmatic detective known for solving the unsolvable. As Sota dives deeper into the case, he uncovers a spiraling web of deaths, each tied to the next in a backwards chain, hinting at a disturbing force behind the murders. With each revelation, Sota inches closer to an answer—but he soon realizes that solving the mystery may cost more than just the truth. With shadowy figures watching from the sidelines and time itself seemingly unraveling, The Reverse Cycle explores fate, manipulation, and the terrifying idea that the killer may already be dead.