On a midnight in Seoul in 1990, as Lee Junseong’s blade sinks into his enemy’s neck, he thinks this is nothing more than revenge.
From a bloody vendetta in Yongsan District to a desperate escape through Busan Port; from the betrayal of the Gangnam Association to the helping hand of the Yamaguchi-gumi, he and his brothers carve a path through mountains of corpses with daggers and AK-47s.
When the White Tiger Gang falls and the Gangnam Association changes hands, Lee Junseong thinks he has come out on top. Then he discovers that the real players are the politicians in their impeccably tailored suits.
Beneath the demolition site in Seongbuk District, where 1,500 households are being displaced, lies a shocking secret that could shake the political world. As thirty vans roll into the night and power and profit weave a net with no way out, Lee Junseong finally understands:
Some battlefields are bloodier than gang wars. Some people are more ruthless than those who carry knives.
This is a road of no return. Either climb over other people’s corpses, or become one beneath someone else’s feet.
And he was never a pawn to be slaughtered at will.
