ESCAPE FROM PYONGYANG

In the biting winter of 1950, Dr Park Seo-joon is a man living a dangerous double life. A South Korean surgeon hiding in plain sight within the North Korean capital, he survives by treating the very soldiers he once fled. But in a world where ideology outweighs the Hippocratic Oath, his medical skill is both a lifeline and a target.

Escape from Pyongyang is a work of pure satire that dissects the "Gilded Cage" of the regime. When his identity is uncovered by the woman he loves—the formidable Major Soo-jin—Park is thrust into a high-stakes medical gamble: perform a miracle surgery on a dying General or face the firing squad.

Moving from the sterile tension of the operating theatre to the brutal roar of a stolen T-34 tank, the narrative explores the collision of human ambition with the unforgiving reality of war. It is a story that demands a profound respect for cultural differences, tracing the tragic, invisible threads that bind families across decades of silence and the concrete walls of the DMZ.

From the chaos of the Chongchon River to a startling 2018 discovery in a glitzy Seoul skyscraper, this novel is a fictional yet soul-searching examination of what it means to remain human when the world has grown cold.