Han Seoyeon's father has just been posted as Governor in the chief to the fortress of Ximo Judian, the furthermost outpost in the Borderlands. It’s a cushy job – there isn’t really any real administration to do there, let alone military operation – and it’s one of several jobs which are prestige on paper only: it’s a stepping stone into getting a senior position in the country’s ruling administration. Seoyeon’s father is determined to excel, though, which also means shaving down the running c

A quarter of a century ago, a great plague ravaged Saurellis, killing thousands of people and leaving hundreds upon hundreds of orphans.  Some have gone on to make lives for themselves; others… not so much. Kang Yoorae is one of the former.  A rising star in the capital city of the Saurellian archipelago in her role as magistrata, she is an accomplished sigil mage and a respected enforcer of the law.  But in the face of rising dark magic from across the seas, she has also joined The N

Im Yeonhee loves her country.  She really does.  But some people in it are kind of a waste of space, and there are problems and divisions in Taderra that run a bit too deep to fix. Part-time artist, full-time separationist republican, and current university student, Yeonhee has some solutions, and as a leading student activist, she has a very large following. National health care and welfare benefits cost billions every year.  Racial tensions between the largely working and mi

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Yoo Minjeong is kidnapped in a case of mistaken identity.  The men who took her were after Yoo Minjeong, daughter of the Minister for Science (her father) and Lee Mira, PhD, a specialist in genetics.  Instead, they got Yoo Minjeong, Nobody Much and mute daughter of Nobody Important. Once the men realise the mistake, however, they aren't that keen on letting her go, even if she can't speak.  For one, she's seen their secret lair in the forest.  For two, she knows why they're there.  An

Chaos erupts in Cho Miran's department for the Secret Service on her second day there when notorious enemy spymaster Oh Sehun turns himself in at their local headquarters. Twelve hours later, he is dead, leaving the Secret Service reeling with the realisation that they have a mole – which could end up bringing the country and its war effort to its knees.  It is up to Cho Miran, her mentor Do Kyungsoo, and the rest of their department to discover which spy has turned rogue and to stop

"No, seriously, though, what high school student who's just about to graduate films some blatantly dangerous guys beating somebody to death in a dark alleyway?" "Oh Semi, apparently."   Semi's graduation present was a death threat from the country's biggest mafia boss and a hasty eviction to the United States.  Nine months later, she's in hospital making a near miraculous recovery from an assassination attempt from

Eight years after the fateful events during which three of South Korea’s biggest crime syndicates were taken down when ex-convict Xiumin betrayed his blood brother for a normal civilian life, Luhan has broken out of jail and he’s on his way to disrupt Minseok and Semi’s peaceful life.  To make matters worse, an incredibly important mission of Kai's has gone wrong in China, meaning that the sole remaining member of Luhan's arch-nemesis Mighty Mouth is back on the scene to hunt down Luhan’s lit

Sehun thinks he's got his hands full when his best friend, the princess of Exoplanet, has her memories wiped for the seventh time in an attempt to curb her volatile magical powers.  But that's nothing compared to when the palace is attacked by a mysterious cult of people whose symbol is a tattoo of a red eye and the queen's last request is for him to protect the princess' favourite half-plant and enroll her into a magical school when he can't use magic himself and proximity with magic is in d

Park Jinsu is an aspiring scientist and daughter of the richest technological conglomerate owner in South Korea.  Her parents' company has spent years investing in building a time machine, even despite setbacks such as the Byun family claiming that they stole the patents for it, and now that she's nearly seventeen, Jinsu has been allowed to help work on small, unimportant bits of the nearly completed Attayear, due to be launched at the annual Physics for Young People student conference.  As t