Two unlikely cops are paired up to solve murders in a war-torn Tokyo in Ninth Step Station

In the near future of Ninth Step Station, Tokyo experiences a massive disaster that leaves it in shambles, desperate for international aid. The country is divided up by the world’s major powers, each patrolling their respective sector borders with drones and peacekeepers. In this environment, US Navy Lieutenant Emma Hiagashi and a local police officer named Miyako Koreda are partnered up to work on a string of murders across the city.

Their adventures will be told in an 11-part series from storytelling startup Serial Box, which has lined up an impressive team of writers like Malka Older, Fran Wilde, Jacqueline Koyanagi, and Curtis C. Chen. Serial Box isn’t a traditional publisher. Its approach to fiction is to tell a long-form written...

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