Became a bestseller immediately after publication!
The Hottest Horror Novels of 2025
Author of "About a Place in the Kinki Region"
Seth Ji's latest hit
★★★★★

With the classic themes of curse and reincarnation at the forefront,
Into the flames of karma that cross the modern age
Calling in readers.
Translated by Jeon Seon-yeong

If you think horror novels are just for fun, you're very mistaken.
A sticky fear, like a multiplication of desire and resentment, grips my whole body.
_News Post Seven

Not only original techniques but also novelistic fun
A masterpiece horror novel that truly proves the author's solid foundation! _Reader Reviews

Sethji, the author who sparked a new horror boom in Japan by plunging readers into an unprecedented state of fear with experimental techniques and vivid descriptions, is publishing "On a Pilgrimage to a Desecrated Holy Land" from VANTA.

Seth is a writer who has quickly become a horror genius, with every work he publishes making it to the bestseller list.
His debut work, "About a Certain Place in the Kinki Region," boasted an overwhelming sense of reality that made it hard to believe it was fiction, reaching number one in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy categories on Amazon Japan. In 2025, it was made into a live-action film, and in the same year, it was also published and released in Korea, enjoying immense popularity.
The follow-up work, "A Survey on the Mouth," is an experimental short horror story composed of short stories that combine a survey in a format smaller than a smartphone, and has attracted the attention of the industry, earning it the nickname "experiential horror."
The subsequent release of 『On the Pilgrimage to the Desecrated Holy Land』 is a work that fully demonstrates the author's ability as a storyteller who is expanding his territory in the horror genre by building a multi-faceted encirclement.

This work is about a freelance editor who recruits a woman who can see ghosts to help a YouTuber with a low subscriber base publish a fan book about ghost sights, and they go on a re-report on ghost sights together while fabricating the content to suit the readers' tastes.
With three-dimensional characters and a solid story, it goes beyond the horror genre and has a distinct character as a full-fledged mystery novel. The conversation between the three characters in a ruined space is reminiscent of a real-time broadcast, providing a unique sense of immersion.
It is a work that delicately delves into the dark abyss that everyone harbors, even if it is not expressed out loud, and strikes at the weak points of horror novel readers who enjoy death as content, making them tremble with fear.
If you've ever been caught up in feelings of jealousy, hatred, obsession, sadness, or anxiety, and found yourself in a frightening situation, don't open this book! Before you know it, you'll be trapped in a cycle of cursed reincarnation, from which you can never escape, not even after death.