Star of the North
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Star of the North by D B John
'Extraordinary...smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North' LEE CHILD __________________________ North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war. A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island. The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth. Now, she must go undercover in the world’s most deadly state. Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister…and herself. ___________________________ ‘Tense and compelling.’ James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD
Extraordinary.. smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North. * Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers *
Tense and compelling. * James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD *
A superior thriller…steeped in the intrigue, culture and family of a closed regime. * Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author *
[Y]ou should read this forensic exposure of the horrors of [Kim Jong-un’s] regime in this Tom Clancy-style evocation of what life there is actually like… Fast-moving and compelling, it provides the perfect fictional backdrop to the summit diplomacy we are now witnessing. * Daily Mail *
[John] parlays his knowledge into a grim but incisive narrative…. This is a masterly evocation of life under the Kim Jong-il regime. -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian *
Tense and compelling. * James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD *
A superior thriller…steeped in the intrigue, culture and family of a closed regime. * Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author *
[Y]ou should read this forensic exposure of the horrors of [Kim Jong-un’s] regime in this Tom Clancy-style evocation of what life there is actually like… Fast-moving and compelling, it provides the perfect fictional backdrop to the summit diplomacy we are now witnessing. * Daily Mail *
[John] parlays his knowledge into a grim but incisive narrative…. This is a masterly evocation of life under the Kim Jong-il regime. -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian *
D. B. John has lived in South Korea and is one of the few Westerners to have visited North Korea. He co-authored The Girl With Seven Names, Hyeonseo Lee’s New York Times bestselling memoir about her escape from North Korea.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781784708184 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784708186 |
| Title | Star of the North |
| Author | D B John |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2019-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |