Book Synopsis

Three women from a xenophobic society fight childhood indoctrination with the irrepressible human desire for freedom. Under the cover of darkness, specialist agents force a defector back to North Korea. Her fate seems inevitable, yet in the face of death she remains utterly defiant. Her name is Ti-woo. A South Korean detective, Lee Ri-san, investigates her disappearance from Seoul, and becomes involved in a clandestine operation that takes him away from his family at the worst possible time. As Ti-woo struggles to escape the clutches of her tormentors, she and her Medusa sisters discover a terrible secret about their past. Can they overcome the history that has shaped their lives for so many years? Freedom always seems to be two steps ahead...