Mortality
I want the world to stand still; The clocks to stop;The darkness to stay dark;The light to stay light;The shadows never to recede nor grow;The future to stay a source…
Born and raised in Britain, living in South Korea, Duncan James is the author of action-adventure-crime novel White Knight set in 1980s Seoul. Having spent years in various parts of Korea, James has combined his knowledge, experience, research and interest in Korean culture to craft a creative piece for anyone who's in need of a slice of literary entertainment in the Far East. When he's not writing, James teaches English, goes running, either alone or with others, walks his dog, enjoys a beer and, most importantly, raises his daughter with his lovely wife Heilley on the tourist island of Jeju.
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White Knight
Seoul, 1982. South Korea is a democracy in name only. Rigged elections, dictatorships, assassinations and corrupted authorities: all hallmarks of a dystopian Asian backwater for decades.
When Park Ye Eun, a beautiful young Korean woman and her American fiance are found murdered in a US military base in the heart of Seoul, it's a case of maintaining diplomatic immunity over a thorough investigation. The Korean and American judiciaries are satisfied when they think they've found their man. Park Ji Eun, the late Ye Eun's sister, is far from convinced and she asks the White Knight to answer the call for justice.
Tasked with nothing more than a faded photograph and a desperate hunch, Seo Yoon So, the White Knight himself, penetrates the Seoul underworld. There, he unearths the secrets buried by totalitarian tyrants and a cabal of expatriates who have plans of their own for humble Korea.
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