- Overview
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This is a hard-boiled sci-fi thriller in which the protagonist, who has been sent to the future, struggles to solve a serial murder case and to take revenge on the unknown person who has brought him there.
- Book Intro
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It's 1937, and the streets in Shanghai are chaotic with people who seem like beasts. One day, a guy with a strange badge on his jacket comes up to Jihan, a secret agent who fought for the independence of Joseon. The guy tells Jihan that he is on the list of time-travel immigrants and will soon meet death, shooting himself before Jihan. As the guy said, Jihan is shot dead on the 5th day of May in 1937, but then immediately enters the future.
There, Jihan is brought into a society managed by artificial intelligence and an up-to-date security system. But even in this society, murder, even serial murder takes place, which is something that is unlikely to happen in a place like this. Jihan becomes aware that someone has taken him from the past to the future and delves into the serial murder case to find the truth about himself.
- About the Author
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Kim Juyoung
The fifth novel by the author, Time Defector, brought her the following major awards: 2017 Science Fiction (SF) Full-length Novel Grand Prize, 2017 Busan Culture Foundation Designated Outstanding Book, and the 2017 Busan International Film Festival Asian Film Market “Book to Film” selection for promotion. Lastly, it became the first full-length Korean science fiction novel to have its copyright sold to a major Chinese science fiction publishing company.
