From the fatherland with love / by Ryu Murakami; translated from the Japanese by Ralph McCarthy, Charles De Wolf, and Ginny Tapley Takemori.

Contents: Prologue 1: The boomerang boy -- Prologue 2: From the Fatherland Introduction 1: A missed sign -- Introduction 2: Those who wait. Phase One. 1. Nine commandos -- 2. Seedless papayas -- 3. A herd of zombies -- 4. Antonov An-2s -- 5. Declaration of war. Phase Two. 1. Blockade -- 2. Knights of the Round Table -- 3. Before dawn -- 4. In Ohori Park -- 5. Spirit guides -- 6. Night in Tokyo -- 7. Decadence discovered -- 8. The execution -- 9. Bon voyage -- 10. Tattletale -- 11. Precious moments -- 12. Wings of an angel. Epilogue 1 -- Epilogue 2 -- Epilogue 3 -- Afterword.

From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of rebels in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of Operation From the Fatherland, with Love. But the terrorist Ishihara and his band of renegade youths--once dedicated to upsetting the Japanese government--turn their deadly attention to the North Korean threat. They will not allow Fukuoka to fall without a fight. Epic in scale, From the Fatherland, with Love is laced throughout with Murakami's characteristically savage violence. It's both a satisfying thriller and a completely mad, over-the-top novel like few others.