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Award-winning Korean horror sensation Cho Yeeun, author of the hit Teddy Bears Never Die, is back with a haunting tale that explores the price we pay for miracles.

Detective Yi Chang needs another miracle. Ten years ago his sister was healed of her deadly cancer by a mysterious cult leader, but now his young niece has inherited the same disease. The only lead Yi Chang has is the body of a murder victim found in an abandoned building in the Korean seaside. The man was stabbed repeatedly, but the knife found next to the body is covered with someone else’s blood. Even stranger, the victim’s face is covered with malignant melanoma, a disease he did not have. With time running short, Yi Chang must discover how this murder is related to the cult leader he so desperately seeks.

• Praise for Cho Yeeun 
  
  “Deceptively sweet and yet also somehow utterly horrific, The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre drips, oozes with such cheerful menace and disorienting weirdness. Inarguably the most delightfully unhinged and ‘what the fuck?’ novel you'll read this year.”—Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke on New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre 
  
  “A poignant meditation on the longing for connection lurks behind the campy horrors of a summer amusement park. These intertwined narratives balance the playful and sinister with sticky aplomb. A treat of sugar-coated unease.”—E. L. Chen, USA Today bestselling author of Slasher Summer on New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre
  
  “Cho Yeeun masterfully pulls off this delightfully campy premise with both earnestness and wit. The perfect mix of horror and heart.”—Kylie Lee Baker, author of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “Part buddy heist flick, part supernatural slasher revenge, Teddy Bears Never Die is a grotesque, hilarious, and heart-felt romp that will make you believe anything is possible with the power of friendship and extreme violence!”—Bitter Karella, author of Moonflow on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “Witty, gritty, and full of twists. Teddy Bears Never Die is a ghostly grungy vision, weaving together a harsh city of insidious choices, torn-apart lives, and love that demands bloodshed.”B>Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Teenage Girls Can Be Demons on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “Cho Yeeun’s ability to balance sheer bloody wackiness with genuinely touching moments of friendship against all odds is absolutely singular.”—Megan Bontrager, author of The Sea Hides Its Dead on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  "Prepare to encounter startling originality and an unraveling plot that runs deep into the dark and sacred myths of family, power and justice. I’ll never stop talking about this book!”—Sarah G. Pierce, author of For Human Use on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “A savagely entertaining revenge tale that charges forward on a knife’s edge, Teddy Bears Never Die pairs brutal social satire with a charming yet tragic supernatural companion. Elevated by Sung Ryu’s sure-footed translation, Cho Yeeun infuses her signature dark, grotesque imagination into Korea’s sense of han to tell a story about violence that festers under unresolved injustice.”—Jinwoo Park, author of Oxford Soju Club on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “It feels really weird to say this but in an extremely unhinged way, everything made sense. Cho Yeeun is amazing. Insanely amazing.”—Bora Chung, author of The Midnight Timetable on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “Teddy Bears Never Die is the epitome of Cho Yeeun’s hallmark style of combining fantastical genre-based storytelling with keen insight into contemporary social issues, aided this time by Sung Ryu, the finest Korean translator in the world.” —Anton Hur, author of Toward Eternity and translator of Cursed Bunny on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “Suspenseful, scary, and dizzyingly fun.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)on Teddy Bears Never Die
  
  “This story defies simple genre categorizations. Cho throws blood-soaked crime thrillers, magical realism, and even teen romance into a blender set on high, creating a gory but fun, action-fueled cocktail.”
  Booklist on Teddy Bears Never Die