What happened to Myeong-o?ĭong-eun sends Myeong-o to get a murder confession out of Yeon-jin for killing her former bully victim, Yoon So-hee. A game of Go ends when neither player can make a move, then scores are tallied up by how many stones have been captured and how many are surrounding another player’s territory. Go is a repeated metaphor in The Glory, as Dong-eun zeroes in on Yeon-jin and everyone she’s close to - her goal is to take down Yeon-jin for good. It’s often compared to chess: The players use the free spaces on the board with the goal of surrounding their opponent’s pieces, eventually “capturing” the other player. Go is a two-player game that’s said to have originated in China over 4,000 years ago, and it’s still immensely popular across China, Japan and Korea.
It works: Do-yeong becomes intrigued by Dong-eun, her talent for the game and her surprising outlook on life - which he initially has no idea is centered around systematically destroying his family. While it seems Dong-eun might be interested in Yeo-jeong, her real reason for learning the game is to get closer to Do-yeong, who regularly visits a Go club nearby. When he receives a package that promises to reveal at last what really happened at Seryong Lake, Sowon must confront a present danger he never knew existed.ĭark, disturbing, and full of twists and turns, Seven Years of Darkness is the riveting new novel from the internationally celebrated author of The Good Son.Dong-eun learns how to play Go from Yeo-jeong during a series of meetups at a park in Seoul. For seven years, his son, Sowon, lives in the shadow of his father's shocking and inexplicable crime everywhere he goes, a seemingly concerted effort to reveal his identity as the reviled mass murderer's son follows him. At the same time, three men-Yongje, the girl's father, and two security guards at the nearby dam, each of whom has something to hide about the night of her death-find themselves in an elaborate game of cat and mouse as they race to uncover what happened to her, without revealing their own closely guarded secrets.Īfter a final showdown at the dam results in a mass tragedy, one of the guards is convicted of murder and sent to prison. When a young girl is found dead in Seryong Lake, a reservoir in a remote South Korean village, the police immediately begin their investigation. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2020 BY CRIMEREADS, BUSTLE, and Seven Years of Darkness the case for Jeong as one among the best at writing psychological suspense." - Los Angeles Times Genuinely surprising and ultimately satisfying. "You-Jeong Jeong is a certified international phenomenon.
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