Johnson, Adam

Pak Jun Do, the son of a father who runs a work camp for orphans in North Korea, rises to a powerful rank and becomes a professional kidnapper who eventually rivals Kim Jong II. But in order to save the woman he loves, an actress named Sun Moon, he will give up everything.

A collection of six short stories by American author Adam Johnson.

Anthropologist Hank Hannah hopes that by studying the lost civilizations of human history he may finally understand the events surrounding him, until his research causes him to unleash an ancient curse that threatens everything he hold dear.

Son of an influential father, Pak Jun Do rises through the ranks in North Korea to a life of espionage, kidnapping, and torture, and eventually falls for the dictator's favorite actress.