- Overview
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This book describes those who have lost their families to crimes committed for pleasure by upper-class young people, preparing for revenge against them and staging a hostage situation at a mountain cabin, which is broadcasted live across the country.
- Book Intro
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(Russian) Суд над заложниками
Однажды ночью в конце октября безпрерывные странные телефонные звонки в полицию. Дочь, сын, друг или он сам взяты в заложники в горной хижине в Чхонгесане. Полиция получила сообщение об игре с заложниками. В то же время в СМИ поступает та же информация: дело о заложниках распространяется через социальные сети каждую минуту. Кто-то был застрелен преступником, и от 3 до 40 мужчин и женщин в ловушке в горной хижине. Кто выиграет в битве полиции и преступником?История направляется в одно месте. Кто убийца? Почему был заложником? Это все один человек все подстроил? Почему они должны были это сделать?
(English) Hostages Trial
The Masquerade
At Mount Cheonggye, the third-generation heir, Jo Seong-ju of the powerful J Group is throwing a party. Not only the thirty or so guests, but even the host and the staff are all wearing different kinds of masks. During the party, a bartender in a fox’s mask pulls out a gun and points it at the people. The party is over, and now begins the hostage situation.
The Start of a Hostage Situation
The police arrive at the scene to find a van in front of the mansion gates loaded with huge explosives. The hostage negotiator Heo Wan starts talking to the captor who calls himself “The Master” and says that he is holding some thirty people captive.
The Release
In the second negotiation attempt, The Master reveals the details of 15 hostages in return for a ransom of diamonds worth 5 billion won. The next day, the family of the hostages bring the diamonds they have bought and have the police hand them over.
The Master releases ten women who agreed to sneak the diamonds out. He releases twenty-five people over four different times but even after two days, seven people are still held hostage.
The Trial at Cheongye Mansion
The Master announces that he will put the seven remaining hostages on trial. He broadcasts through the Internet the trial to the whole country. The trial is about the gang rape and murder of a high school girl named Min Ji-yeong that took place nine
years ago. It looks as if the perpetrators are finally revealed, but The Master claims that only five are guilty. He reveals the shocking truth about the heinous crime.
Meanwhile, the police decide to use force.
Two hostages get killed in the process, but five are rescued with only injuries. The Master is found dead shot in the head.
The Judgement is Not Over
A few days later at the SNU hospital, the surviving hostages are hospitalized in VIP wards. At 3 am, when everyone is asleep, from the morgue in the hospital basement, a wheeled bed is moved into the ward of Jo Seong-ju, the megacorporation heir.
- About the Author
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Park Eune-woo
(English)Park Eune-woo is a writer widely known for his thriller novels, including The Swamp of Wars and The Admiral Park won an award from the Creative Story Contest run by the Korea Creative Content Agency for Hostages Trial, which is acclaimed as a strong and elaborate thriller novel. Park maintains a "cool" writing style in his new book with his compact and calm plot and characters who only focus on the events in front of them, thus evoking even more intense emotional disturbance and tension. The worlds created by Park makes him a rare Korean writer whose writing matches up to traditional thrillers.
(Russian) Автор, чья предыдущая работа под названием “Болото войны” вызвала большой интерес любителей триллеров, выпустил новый триллер о заложниках “Суд на горе Чхонгесан”. Благодаря спокойному развитию событий и интересным персонажам, автор не теряет своей хладнокровности и в своей новой работе. Работа “Суд на горе Чхонгесан” вызвала большой интерес у кинематографистов, которые хотели снять по ней фильм еще до публикации”
(Indonesian) Penulis Park Eun-woo sudah menerbitkan novel "rawa-rawa pertempuran" dan "Myeongnyang" sebelum Ia membuat novel "Pengadilan di Chonggyesanjang". Novel ini meraih penghargaan dari kontes pembuatan cerita yang diselenggarakan oleh Korea Creative Content Agency. Tidak hanya itu, novel misteri "Pengadilan di Chonggyesanjang" terpilih di kategori Story to Film Busan International Film Festival. Kami juga telah menandatangani kesepakatan resmi dengan produser drama Amerika Serikat pada tahun 2019 dan menyepakati kontrak opsi (option contract) dengan Universal TV.
