- Overview
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Haemi travels back 20 years in time to save her mother from a nuclear reactor accident. She goes through hundreds of dangerous and damaging time travels but she doesn't give up.
- Book Intro
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In 2025, an accident occurs at the Gori Nuclear Power Plant resulting in the leak of radioactive material. These materials spill out onto Haeundae Beach in Busan, and countless lives are lost or go missing. Min Haemi heads to this tragic scene. She has traveled back 20 years in time from the year 2045, in search of her mother, who sacrificed herself to save Haemi and her sister. Haemi begins her quest while risking the danger of the time paradox, in which she will lose her life if she comes face to face with her past self. But because of the time constraints and the ever-changing situation, she fails to locate her mother.
After Haemi spent years of depression as a result of the incident 20 years ago, she decided to take up time traveling when a pair of strange twins came to see her from the Offices of the Presidential Committee on Disaster Recovery. They propose time traveling to her, but Haemi refuses. When the twins begin threatening the safety of Haemi’s sister Dami, Haemi is forced to take up time leaps. In the end, she has no choice but to time travel, and together with Dami, land at Haeundae Beach, which has become all but deserted. What will they see here? Will they safely recover their lost mother?
- About the Author
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Lee Kyunghee
(English) Lee Kyung-Hee mainly writes stories in the scope of science and fantasy. Lee earned a master’s degree in business management and has a career in the field of transportation. He made his literary debut in 2019 when he received the Gold Branch Time Leap Story Contest award for “A Tale of White Yoho Without a Tail,” a time travel story based on oriental fantasies. He deals with death, loneliness, hierarchy, and power in his works. He also received the Grand Prize for The Ship of Theseus in the category of full-length novel at the Sci-Fi Awards in 2020. His short story “Night of the Living Ancestors” was selected as Sci-Fi of the Year in 2019 at BritG, a novel platform. His works include Dolls in Sand City, From Your Gentle Universe, That Day, in That Place, The Ship of Theseus, and Sci-Fi, How I Just Know Such a Good Thing.
- Recommendation
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Lee Dahye (Cine 21 Reporter) / 2021 / I was in agony the entire time I was reading this book. Even after so many failed attempts, the protagonist never gives up on her love. Her grief, guilt, and fear finally give way to hope.
Cheon Seonran (Author) / 2021 / I couldn't guess the ending of this book. It was a well-executed novel on the paradox we've come to expect from time-travel fiction.
