The Orphan Master's Son
  • Published:
    Jan-2012 (Hardcover)
    Aug-2012 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Thriller
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    480
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An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, The Orphan Master's Son follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea.

Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother -- a singer "stolen" to Pyongyang -- and an influential father who runs Long Tomorrows, a work camp for orphans. There the boy is given his first taste of power, picking which orphans eat first and which will be lent out for manual labor. Recognized for his loyalty and keen instincts, Jun Do comes to the attention of superiors in the state, rises in the ranks, and starts on a road from which there will be no return.

Considering himself "a humble citizen of the greatest nation in the world," Jun Do becomes a professional kidnapper who must navigate the shifting rules, arbitrary violence, and baffling demands of his Korean overlords in order to stay alive. Driven to the absolute limit of what any human being could endure, he boldly takes on the treacherous role of rival to Kim Jong Il in an attempt to save the woman he loves, Sun Moon, a legendary actress "so pure, she didn't know what starving people looked like."
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    •  
    • Aug-2012
    • Random House
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0812982622
    • ISBN13: 9780812982626
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Random House
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0857520563
    • ISBN13: 9780857520562
    •  
    • Feb-2013
    • Black Swan Books, Limited
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0552778257
    • ISBN13: 9780552778251
    • First Edition
    • Jan-2012
    • Random House
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0812992792
    • ISBN13: 9780812992793
    •  
    • Feb-2012
    • Doubleday
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0857520555
    • ISBN13: 9780857520555
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Random House Audio
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0307939707
    • ISBN13: 9780307939708
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Random House
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Random House
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0679643990
    • ISBN13: 9780679643999
    •  
    • Feb-2012
    • Transworld (UK)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1448109264
    • ISBN13: 9781448109265
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Random House Audio
    • Audible
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Books on Tape
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0307939715
    • ISBN13: 9780307939715
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Random House Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0307939693
    • ISBN13: 9780307939692
    •  
    • Jun-2012
    • Thorndike Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1410448282
    • ISBN13: 9781410448286
    • Large Print



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