SINKING ASHORE
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Last published Tue, May 19, 2026
Jia's life toppled upside down in a scream of twisting metal and shattered glass. Now, scarred by self-harm and drowning in a depression she can't outrun, she journeys to Seoul to find the one thing she hasn't lost: The scene of the crime.
Kim Tae Won lives for one thing: retribution.
He is hunting a monster, unaware that he's just invited her in. In a city where secrets are buried deep, Jia and Tae Won form an impossible bond built on a foundation of deception. But while lies move fast, the truth is patient. And when they finally meet at the top, the cost of the climb might be more than either can pay.
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