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A Plagued Sea (Pre-order)

A Plagued Sea (Pre-order)

Kim Bo-Young (translated by Sophie Bowman)

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  • 156 pages
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  • 9781915829214 (pb) / 9781915829221 (e)

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Kim Bo-Young, one of the leading science fiction writers in Korea, began her writing career in 2004, winning the inaugural Science and Technology Creative Writing Awards with her novella The Experience of Touch. Her first novel, The Seven Executioners, received the Grand Prize at the 1st Annual SF Awards of Korea, while her short story “How Alike Are We” won the Grand Prize in the short story and novella category at the 5th Annual SF Awards of Korea. In 2021, her short story collection On the Origin of Species and Other Stories was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, and her short story “Whale Snows Down” was shortlisted for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Rosetta Awards. Kim’s work has been translated into a number of languages and is read worldwide. Her writing has been praised by award-winning film director Bong Joon Ho. She was a script adviser for Bong’s 2013 film Snowpiercer.

Sophie Bowman grew up in the UK, where she studied social anthropology and Korean. After working and studying in Seoul for seven years, she moved to Toronto for graduate studies in Korean literature. Her translations include Kim Bo-Young's I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories (co-translated with Sung Ryu), and "Whale Snows Down." She also translates books for young readers, including Heena Baek's Magic Candies and Borders by Gudol and Haerang.

Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-Young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination.

While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Muyoung gets a disaster alert on her phone. TVs throughout the station report breaking news of a massive earthquake on the eastern coast. Despite the danger, Muyoung boards the train with her niece: she’d rather face the earthquake than leave the girl in her mother’s care. That choice haunts her for the rest of her life.

Three years later, Haewon Village is home to horrors. The earthquake unleashed an ancient plague that transforms its victims into fishy monsters, and the government’s lockdown has cut off any hope for help. Muyoung’s niece is dead, and all that’s left for her is to hunt villagers who break isolation. When an officious bureaucrat from Seoul arrives in the village, he stirs up even deeper trouble. Will Muyoung survive? Does she even deserve to?

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