For Inside Out that is. June 29th. Coincidence that it’s right around my birthday? I like to think not. Thank you for the early birthday present, Barry.

Barry’s latest thriller stars Ben Treven, who manages to get himself embroiled in a tangled web of intrigue concerning 92 missing torture tapes and an effort to blackmail the U.S. government. But, if you’ve been paying attention, you might recall some strong hints from Barry that a certain half-American, half-Japanese assassin, who specializes in death by natural causes, will be making some sort of cameo in the book. What’s more, there is a chance Treven and Rain could end up crossing paths more explicitly in Barry’s next book.

Apropos of Tokyo Rain, that gives me a good target date to release the game, which I always intended to release in conjunction with the next Rain novel. So you can expect Tokyo Rain to drop somewhere around then too. I’ll give a formal publication date as things get firmed up on my side.