Star of the North by D.B. John is a page-turning thriller about an American woman’s audacious plan to find her twin sister in North Korea, who had been presumed dead after disappearing from a South Korean beach twelve years earlier. When she finds evidence that her sister may have been abducted and imprisoned in North Korea, she must find a way to confirm her suspicions and get her sister back by joining the CIA as an intelligence analyst. Connected to her mission are the stories of a top North Korean government official whose newfound knowledge of his parental lineage may ruin his life, and a farm worker turned businesswoman who uses the contents of a humanitarian aid balloon to run an illegal side business.
Though this is a work of fiction, it was inspired by the author’s observations on his own trip to North Korea in 2012 and provides a glimpse of what life may be like for different types of people in that country. And though it has a fast-moving and suspenseful plot, it is just as much filled with fascinating human stories.
An excellent read for adults.
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