Korean Spies

The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States is an exciting piece of "speculative fiction." The novel posits that there was a nuclear attack against the US on March 21, 2020 by North Korea, and that a national bipartisan commission was created to investigate what and how it happened. It's pretty scary stuff.

Henry Park has spent his entire life trying to become a true American—a native speaker. But even as the essence of his adopted country continues to elude him, his Korean heritage seems to drift further and further away. Park's harsh Korean upbringing has taught him to hide his emotions, to remember everything he learns, and most of all to feel an overwhelming sense of alienation. In other words, it has shaped him as a natural spy.

In 1946, Master Sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing jeeps on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three months' training, he was sent to Korea, then a backwater beneath the radar of MacArthur's Pacific Command. Though he lacked the pedigree of most US spies - Nichols was a seventh-grade dropout - he quickly metamorphosed from army mechanic to black ops phenomenon.

Some R&R in Paris is just what the doctor ordered for Rachel Prescott, until she starts to attract unwanted attention. Casey Reddick is visiting a friend and witnesses a devastating attack that almost claims his life.

Ian McAllister has searched the world over, hunting for that all-elusive perfect photograph. He finds it on a tourist trip to North Korea when he stumbles upon a young street kid foraging for roots. Unaware that this single act will brand him a spy and cost his freedom, Ian takes the shot. Now, he must pay the penalty.

게임 좋아하는 열일곱 살 소년의 유쾌한 모험 활극. 소년이 세상을 구원할 수 있을까? 학교 전산망 해킹이 주특기이고, 수업 땡땡이가 취미인 삐딱한 열일곱 살 소년 마커스 얄로우. 우연히 게임을 하던 중 친구들과 함께 테러 용의자가 되고, 국가기관으로부터 갖은 고초를 당하고 감시까지 받게 된 소년은 이에 맞서 한판 유쾌한 싸움을 벌인다. 헌법을 유린하고 SNS를 조작하여 선거에까지 개입하려는 국토안보부. 9.11 이후 미국 사회의 단면을 적나라하게 보여주며, 마치 조지 오웰의 소설 『1984년』의 '빅브라더'를 연상케 하는 국가기관에 맞서는 열일곱 살 소년의 싸움, 과연 승자는 누가 될까?