Planned for Ten Years, Gone in Two Hours: PART FOUR - The Two-Hour Escape

By CONSTANTINO FERNANDES

Planned for Ten Years, Gone in Two Hours

For ten years, one family lived in silence, pretending they had no dream beyond survival.

In secret, two brothers planned the impossible: to carry nine members of their family out of North Korea by sea. A pregnant wife. Two young children. An aging mother. A dead father's ashes. One small fishing boat. One stormy night.

The crossing itself would take only two hours.

But freedom had already cost them ten years of lies, fear, bribery, hunger, and heartbreak.

As patrol lights cut through the Yellow Sea and children hide beneath sacks to stay alive, one question haunts every wave: will the light ahead bring rescue-or death?

Inspired by a real escape, Planned for Ten Years, Gone in Two Hours is a devastating non-fiction drama about family, sacrifice, and the brother who became invisible enough to save everyone else.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZGM16XJ
• ISBN13: 9798195451493
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"