With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.

"In a nameless country under military occupation, two young friends - a man from the occupied region ("This Place), and a woman from the occupiers' ("That Place") - prepare to attend a wedding... Their relationship, already complicated by their unusual professions - he is a Protest Designer and she is a De-programmer - is tested further when, on the eve of the wedding, That Place formally annexes This Place and declares a curfew. Suddenly finding...

"A diverse, exciting debut space opera about a young tea expert who is taken as a political prisoner and recruited to spy on government officials-a role that may empower her to win back her nation's independence-perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor. The dust may have just settled in the failed war of conquest between the Holy Vaalbaran Empire and the Ominirish Republic, but the last Emperor's surrender means little to a lowly scribe...