A Plagued Sea

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

First the flood Next the sickness Last the change While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young gets a disaster alert on her phone. Screens throughout the station report breaking news of a massive earthquake on the coast. Despite the danger, Mu-young 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 h