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?
Genre: Horror
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?
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"Fans of eldritch horrors will find much to love in Kim Bo-young's elegantly written A Plagued Sea. At once grimace-inducing and hard to look away from, this story of regret, guilt, and transformation will stay with me a long time. Monstrous and very, very human." - Kendare Blake
"By turns existentially bleak, delightfully gross and morbidly humorous, A Plagued Sea packs a great deal of cosmic horror in a small, effective package. For those of you who have been chasing the putrid high of Junji Ito's Gyo, this is your drug." - Hiron Ennes
"This is a fresh but completely traditional take on the eldritch terror genre, set against a backdrop of fascinatingly detailed plague and human suffering. Beautifully written and translated, and genuinely gripping." - Mira Grant
"By turns existentially bleak, delightfully gross and morbidly humorous, A Plagued Sea packs a great deal of cosmic horror in a small, effective package. For those of you who have been chasing the putrid high of Junji Ito's Gyo, this is your drug." - Hiron Ennes
"This is a fresh but completely traditional take on the eldritch terror genre, set against a backdrop of fascinatingly detailed plague and human suffering. Beautifully written and translated, and genuinely gripping." - Mira Grant
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