Star of the North

Resource Information

The work Star of the North represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Star of the North

Statement of responsibility

D.B. John

Creator

• trueJohn, David, 1966-

Author

• trueJohn, David, 1966-

Subject

• Korea (North) -- Fiction
• Rescues -- Fiction
• Spy stories
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Captivity -- Fiction
• Twin sisters -- Fiction
• Kidnapping -- Fiction

Genre

• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Spy stories
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

A propulsive and ambitious thriller about a woman trying to rescue her twin sister from captivity in North Korea, and the North Korean citizens with whom she forms an unlikely alliance. Star of the North opens in 1988, when a Korean American teenager is kidnapped from a South Korean beach by North Korean operatives. Twenty-two years later, her brilliant twin sister, Jenna, is still searching for her, and ends up on the radar of the CIA. When evidence that her sister may still be alive in North Korea comes to light, Jenna will do anything possible to rescue her -- including undertaking a daring mission into the heart of the regime. Her story is masterfully braided together with two other narrative threads. In one, a North Korean peasant woman finds a forbidden international aid balloon and uses the valuables inside to launch a dangerously lucrative black-market business. In the other, a high-ranking North Korean official discovers, to his horror, that he may be descended from a traitor, a fact that could mean his death if it is revealed. As the novel progresses, these narrative strands converge and connect in surprising ways, ultimately building to an explosive and unforgettable climax

Cataloging source

QRML

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult