{"product_id":"a-plagued-sea-by-kim-boyoung-hardcover-korean-reads","title":"A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young - Hardcover - Korean Reads","description":"\u003cp\u003eVisionary Korean author Kim Bo-Young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst the flood\u003cbr\u003e\nNext the sickness\u003cbr\u003e\nLast the change\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young 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, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree years later, Haewon Village is home to horrors. The earthquake unleashed an plague that transforms its victims into fishy monsters, and the government’s quarantine order has cut off any hope for help. Mu-young’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 Mu-young survive? Does she even deserve to?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45286602145907,"sku":"9781250380753","price":1495.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1041\/4963\/files\/9781250380753-02.jpg?v=1785205344","url":"https:\/\/nationalbookstore.com\/products\/a-plagued-sea-by-kim-boyoung-hardcover-korean-reads","provider":"National Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}