A Crane Among Wolves

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June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that will feel all-too-relevant in today's world, based on a true story from Korean history.

Hope is dangerous. Love is deadly.
1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop him from commandeering their land for his recreational use, banning and burning books, and kidnapping and horrifically abusing women and girls as his personal playthings.
Seventeen-year-old Iseul has lived a sheltered, privileged life despite the kingdom's turmoil. When her older sister, Suyeon, becomes the king's latest prey, Iseul leaves the relative safety of her village, traveling through forbidden territory to reach the capital in hopes of stealing her sister back. But she soon discovers the king's power is absolute, and to challenge his rule is to court certain death.
Prince Daehyun has lived his whole life in…

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I wonder how this atrocity of a human being is doing in hell since its been 500 years
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Young Daehyun had not known that the prophecy of his death would not be a story of how his life would end, but of how it would begin.
This is fucking bittersweet to the point I'll kms
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Scratching his head, Yeongho glanced over his shoulder, then stared at me again. “I saw Wonsik’s son among the men … He was asking them if they had seen me—” If realization had a sound, I heard it then; a sickening click. “You know who I am?”
Absolute CINEMA🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
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Jᜀᜈ᜔ᜈhas quoted6 days ago
“It’s not you who are tarnished, but them! The king, his chehongsa officers, the coup leaders—anyone who would think to blame you for their crimes! They are the ones who should be ashamed!”
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