Speak not of that which concerneth thee not
Lest thou hear that which pleaseth thee not

So begins the mysterious novel known as The Tropics. At a gathering known as the Silent Reading Club, Morimi Tomihiko meets a woman who reveals to him an astounding secret: no one has ever finished reading that book. From this chance encounter unfolds a tangled web―the Scholars, determined to uncover the secret of the book―the traveling book peddler who shows up when you least expect him―the amber card catalog which holds the key to the Room Within a Room…

To seek The Tropics is to voyage across seas of intrigue into the heart of mystery.